Soulsville-Isaac Hayes

[ti:Soulsville] [ar:Isaac Hayes] [al:The Very Best Of Isaac Hayes (International Version Ecopac)] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.01]Soulsville - Isaac Hayes [00:00.02]Written by：Isaac Hayes [00:00.04] [00:10.22]Black man born free [00:13.70] [00:14.36]At least that's the way it's supposed to be [00:17.93] [00:18.65]Chains that binds him are hard to see [00:22.32] [00:23.09]Unless you take this walk with me [00:26.22] [00:28.63]Place where he lives [00:30.70] [00:31.71]Is God plenty of names [00:34.30] [00:36.17]Slums ghetto and black belt [00:38.97] [00:40.75]They are one and the same [00:43.48]And I call it Soulsville [00:45.68] [00:54.10]Any kind of job is hard to find [00:57.70] [00:58.64]That means an increase [00:59.94] [01:00.45]In the welfare line [01:02.09] [01:02.98]Crime rate is rising too [01:06.08] [01:07.16]If you are hungry [01:08.38] [01:09.13]What would you do [01:10.31] [01:12.05]Rent is two months past due and [01:16.11]The building that's falling apart [01:19.04] [01:20.63]Little boy needs a pair of shoes [01:23.48] [01:25.08]And this is only a part of Soulsville [01:30.31] [01:38.56]Some of the brothers' got plenty of cash [01:42.09] [01:43.07]Tricks on the corner gonna see to that [01:46.42] [01:47.54]Some like to smoke [01:49.47]And some like to blow [01:50.99] [01:51.94]Some are even strung out [01:53.75]On a fifty dollar Jones [01:55.34] [01:56.84]Some are trying to ditch [01:58.68]Reality by getting so high [02:03.81] [02:05.79]Only to find out you [02:09.93]Can never touch the sky [02:12.84]'Cause your hoods are [02:13.78]In Soulsville oh yeah [02:15.85] [02:23.48]Every Sunday morning [02:25.43] [02:26.64]I can hear the old sisters say [02:29.98] [02:31.24]Hallelujah Hallelujah [02:35.14]Trust in the Lord to make a way oh yeah [02:39.42] [02:41.60]I hope that He hear their prayers 'cause [02:45.60]Deep in their souls they believe [02:49.06] [02:50.15]Someday He'll put an end to all [02:55.09]This misery that we have in Soulsville [02:59.09] [03:00.12]Oh yeah Soulsville Soulsville [03:16.90] [03:24.49]Soulsville Soulsville Soulsville