Living for the City-Roger And Zapp

[ti:Living For The City (Album Ver] [ar:Roger And Zapp] [al:The Compilation: Greatest Hits] [by:] [offset:0] [00:23.81]A boy is born in hard time Mississippi [00:28.61]Surrounded by four walls that ain't so pretty [00:34.09]His parents give him love and affection [00:39.70]To keep him strong moving in the right direction [00:43.82]Living just enough just enough for the city ee ha [00:55.40]His father works some days for fourteen hours [01:00.39]And you can bet he barely makes a dollar [01:05.63]His mother goes to scrub the floors for many [01:10.89]And you'd best believe she hardly gets a penny [01:15.73]Living just enough just enough for the city yeah [01:30.29] [01:50.94]His sister's black but she is sho'nuff pretty [01:55.86]Her skirt is short but Lord her legs are sturdy [02:01.35]To walk to school she's got to get up early [02:06.67]Her clothes are old but never are they dirty [02:12.16]Living just enough just enough for the city um hum [02:22.69]Her brother's smart he's got more sense than many [02:27.40]His patience's long but soon he won't have any [02:32.64]To find a job is like a haystack needle [02:37.76]Cause where he lives they don't use colored people [02:42.25]Living just enough just enough for the city