Living For The City-Funk Pioneers

[ti:Living For The City] [ar:Soul Deep] [al:Funk Soul Brothers] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Living For The City - Funk Pioneers [00:11.07]A boy is born in hard time Mississippi [00:15.72]Surrounded by four walls that ain't so pretty [00:20.39]His parents give him love and affection [00:24.95]To keep him strong moving in the right direction [00:28.74]Living just enough just enough for the city ee ha [00:38.60]His father works some days for fourteen hours [00:43.12]And you can bet he barely makes a dollar [00:47.55]His mother goes to scrub the floor for many [00:52.07]And you'd best believe she hardly gets a penny [00:55.77]Living just enough just enough for the city yeah [01:21.14]His sister's black but she is sho 'nuff pretty [01:25.55]Her skirt is short but Lord her legs are sturdy [01:29.96]To walk to school she's got to get up early [01:34.53]Her clothes are old but never are they dirty [01:38.28]Living just enough just enough for the city um hum [01:47.92]Her brother's smart he's got more sense than many [01:52.40]His patience's long but soon he won't have any [01:56.84]To find a job is like a haystack needle [02:01.36]Cause where he lives they don't use colored people [02:05.20]Living just enough just enough for the city [02:39.31] [02:42.70]Living for the city [02:46.95]Living for the city [02:51.40]Living for the city [02:55.63]Living for the city [03:00.11]Living for the city [03:04.65]Living for the city [03:08.97]Living for the city [03:13.36]Living for the city [03:17.53]Living for the city [03:22.16]Living for the city