Living For The City-Michael Mcdonald

[ti:Living For The City] [ar:Michael Mcdonald] [al:Soul Speak] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Living For The City - Michael Mcdonald [00:11.97]A boy is born in hard time Mississippi [00:16.78]Surrounded by four walls that ain't so pretty [00:21.70]His parents give him love and affection [00:26.54]To keep him strong moving in the right direction [00:30.64]Living just enough enough for the city [00:41.25]His father works some days for fourteen hours [00:46.06]And you can bet he barely makes a dollar [00:51.01]His mother goes to scrub the floor for many [00:56.06]And you'd best believe she hardly gets a penny [01:00.21]Living just enough just enough for the city [01:27.90]His sister's black but she is sho 'nuff pretty [01:32.62]Her skirt is short but Lord her legs are sturdy [01:37.52]To walk to school she's got to get up early [01:42.39]Her clothes are old but never are they dirty [01:46.63]Living just enough just enough for the city [01:57.27]Her brother's smart he's got more sense than many [02:02.05]His patience's long but soon he won't have any [02:06.91]To find a job is like a haystack needle [02:11.85]Cause where he lives they don't use colored people [02:15.88]Living just enough just enough for the city [02:48.88]His hair is long his feet are hard and gritty [02:53.60]He spends his love walking the streets of New York City [02:58.30]He's almost dead from breathing on air pollution [03:03.26]He tried to vote but to him there's no solution [03:07.44]Living just enough just enough for the city [03:18.02]I hope you hear inside my voice of sorrow [03:22.83]And that it motivates you to make a better tomorrow [03:27.74]This place is cruel no where could be much colder [03:32.63]If we don't change the world will soon be over [03:36.92]Living just enough just enough for the city [03:46.95]Living Living for the city [03:50.94]Living for the city [04:34.99]Living for the city [04:36.36]Living just enough for the city [04:40.79]Living just enough for the city [04:45.80]Living just enough for the city [04:50.52]Living just enough for the city