Living for the City-Top Hits Group

[ti:Living for the City] [ar:Top Hits Group] [al:Chart Toppers, Vol. 40] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Living for the City - Top Hits Group [00:13.09]A boy is born in hard time mississippi [00:17.21]Surrounded by four walls that ain't so pretty [00:22.13]His parents give him love and affection [00:26.65]To keep him strong moving in the right direction [00:30.03]Living just enough just enough for the city ee ha [00:39.07] [00:40.42]His father works some days for fourteen hours [00:44.88]And you can bet he barely makes a dollar [00:49.28]His mother goes to scrub the floors for many [00:53.47]And you'd best believe she hardly gets a penny [00:57.71]Living just enough just enough for the city yeah [01:06.12] [01:23.07]His sister's black but she is sho'nuff pretty [01:26.62] [01:27.43]Her skirt is short but lord her legs are sturdy [01:30.98] [01:31.79]To walk to school she's got to get up early [01:36.39]Her clothes are old but never are they dirty [01:40.17]Living just enough just enough for the city um hum [01:49.81]Her brother's smart he's got more sense than many [01:53.89]His patience's long but soon he won't have any [01:58.72]To find a job is like a haystack needle [02:02.33] [02:02.93]Cause where he lives they don't use colored people [02:07.14]Living just enough just enough for the city [02:19.15] [02:41.46]Living just enough For the city [02:47.58] [02:48.72]Living just enough For the city [02:51.62] [02:52.51]Living just enough For the city [02:56.17] [02:57.59]Living just enough For the city [03:00.72] [03:02.00]Living just enough For the city [03:05.41] [03:06.38]Living just enough For the city [03:09.90] [03:10.72]Living just enough For the city [03:14.00] [03:14.52]Living just enough For the city [03:17.98] [03:19.63]Living just enough For the city