Living for the City-Ike/Tina Turner

A boy is born in hard time Mississippi Surrounded by four walls that ain't so pretty His parents give him love and affection To keep him strong moving in the right direction Living just enough just enough for the city His father works some days for fourteen hours And you can bet he barely makes a dollar His mother goes to scrub the floor for many And you'd best believe she hardly gets a penny Living just enough just enough for the city His sister's black but she is sho nuff pretty Her skirt is short but Lord her legs are sturdy To walk to school she's got to get up early Her clothes are old but never are they dirty Living just enough just enough for the city Her brother's smart he's got more sense than many His patience's long but soon he won't have any To find a job is like a haystack needle Cause where he lives they don't use colored people Living just enough just enough for the city Ohhhhhh ah Ahhhhhh yeah Cause living just enough Cause they ain't yet enough Propable start you ain't get no start Give that lode one rode can't get shut What is hole they'll hold you every know One day somebody gonna come on Gonna take their children speel their hole Oh yeah holy just you just know Some just even know They can living enough Living just probablily start