Living For The City

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 she hardly makes 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
And to walk to school she's got to get up early
Her clothes are old but never never 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
The living just enough just enough for the city
Oh ah
Ah sh*t it 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 I may just probablily back