Living For The City-Stevie Wonder

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[00:02.06]Living For The City
[00:11.87]A boy is born in hard time mississippi
[00:16.58]Surrounded by four walls that ain't so pretty
[00:21.53]His parents give him love and affection
[00:25.70]To keep him strong moving in the right direction
[00:30.51]Living just enough just enough for the city ee ha
[00:41.02]His father works some days for fourteen hours
[00:45.83]And you can bet he barely makes a dollar
[00:50.70]His mother goes to scrub the floors for many
[00:55.14]And you'd best believe she hardly gets a penny
[00:59.54]Living just enough just enough for the city yeah
[01:27.14]His sister's black but she is sho'nuff pretty
[01:31.98]Her skirt is short but lord her legs are sturdy
[01:36.89]To walk to school she's got to get up early
[01:41.69]Her clothes are old but never are they dirty
[01:45.77]Living just enough just enough for the city um hum
[01:56.69]Her brother's smart he's got more sense than many
[02:01.26]His patience's long but soon he won't have any
[02:06.21]To find a job is like a haystack needle
[02:10.80]Cause where he lives they don't use colored people
[02:15.17]Living just enough just enough for the city
[02:52.22]Living just enough For the city
[05:17.97]His hair is long his feet are hard and gritty
[05:22.74]He spends his life walking the streets of new york city
[05:27.48]He's almost dead from breathing in air pollution
[05:32.28]He tried to vote but to him there's no solution
[05:36.17]Living just enough just enough for the city
[05:43.93]Yeah yeah yeah
[05:46.88]I hope you hear inside my voice of sorrow
[05:51.35]And that it motivates you to make a better tomorrow
[05:56.16]This place is cruel no where could be much colder
[06:00.88]If we don't change the world will soon be over
[06:04.82]Living just enough stop giving just enough for the city