【Intro】
El.Pf + Bass
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Drum In
【Verse 1】
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A boy is
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born
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in
hard time Missi-
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ssippi
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Surrounded by
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four
walls that ain't so
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pretty
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His parents give
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him
love and a-
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ffection
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To keep him strong,
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moving
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in the right direction
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Living [|][Cb6]just enough, [Db6]just [|] en-[Db9]ough for the ci-[(↓)]]ty
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【Verse 2】
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His father works
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some
days for fourteen
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hours
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And you can bet
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he
barely makes a do-
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llar
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His mother goes
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to
scrub the floors for
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many
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And you'd best believe,
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she
hardly gets a penny
Living [|][Cb6]just enough, [Db6]just [|] en-[Db9]ough for the ci-[(↓)]]ty
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【Chorus】
Da da da,
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da da da
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da
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Da da da da la la
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la
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Da da da
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da
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Da da da la
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la (Hey)
【Verse 3】
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His sister's black,
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but
she is sho' 'nuff
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pretty
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Her skirt is short,
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but,
Lord, her legs are
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sturdy
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To walk to school,
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she's
got to get up
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early
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Her clothes are old,
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but
never are they dirty
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Living just
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enough,
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just
en-
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ough for the ci-
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ty (Mmm)
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【Verse 4】
+ Moog synth
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Her brother's smart,
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he's
got more sense than
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many
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His patience's long,
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but
soon he won't have
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any
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To find a job
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is
like a haystack
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needle
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'Cause where he lives,
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they
don't use colored
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people
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Living
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just enough,
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just
en-
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ough for the ci-
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ty (Yeah)
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【Chorus】
Da da da,
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da da da
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or
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da
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Da da da da la la
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la
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Da da da
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da
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Da da da la
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la
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(Hey)
【Post-Chorus】
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(Ow)
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(Living just enough for the city) Living for the city,
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yeah(Oh, living just enough for the city) Ain't nothing but a
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city, eee Living for the(Oh, living just enough for the city)
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city, yeah, yeah (Oh, living just enough for the city) Nothing but a city, eee
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(Oh, living just enough for the city) Live for the city, yeah, yeah
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(Oh, living just enough for the city) The funky, crowded city
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(Oh, living just enough for the city) Ah, live for the city
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(Oh, living just enough for the city) Ain't nothing but a city, woo
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(Oh, living just enough for the city) Everybody clap their hands together now, woo
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(Oh, living just enough for the city) Hmm, for the city, yeah
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(Oh, living just enough for the city) For the city, yeah, yeah
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(Oh, living just enough for the city) For the city, yeah
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(Oh, living just enough for the city)
【Chorus】
Da da da,
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da da da
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da
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Da da da da la la
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la
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Da da da
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da
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Da da da la
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la
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【Spoken Interlude】
Bus for New York City! Hey, bus driver! I'm getting on there, hold it.
Thanks a lot. Wow, New York, just like I pictured it.
Skyscrapers and everything. Hey, hey, brother, hey, come here, slick. (Huh?)
Hey, you look, you look hip, man. Hey, you wanna make yourself five bucks, man? (Yeah)
You look hip, run this across the street for me right quick. Okay, run this across the street for me.
What? Huh? I didn't know! What? Gimme your hands up, you punk!
I'm just going across the street. Put that leg up, shut your mouth.
Hell no, what did I do? Okay, turn around, turn around.
Put your hands behind your back, let's go, let's go.
A jury of your peers having found you guilty, ten years.
What? Come on, come on, get in that cell, nigger. God, Lord.
【Verse 5】
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His hair is long,
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his
feet are hard and
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gritty
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He spends his life
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walking
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the
streets of New York
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City
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He's almost dead
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from
breathing in air po-
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llution
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He tried to vote but
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to
him there's no so-
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lution
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Living
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just enough,
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just
en-
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ough for the ci-
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ty
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【Verse 6】
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I hope you hear
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in
side my voice of
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sorrow
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And that it motivates you
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to
make a better to-
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morrow
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This place is cruel,
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no
where could be much
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colder
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If we don't change,
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the
world will soon be over
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Living
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just enough,
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just
en-
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ough for the ci-
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ty
Quiet (Drum fill + El.Pf)
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【Chorus】
Da da da,
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da da da
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da
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Da da da da la la
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la
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Da da da
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da
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Da da da la
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la
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Da da da,
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da da da
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da
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Da da da da la la
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la
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Da da da
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da
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Da da da la
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la
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Da da da,
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da da da
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da
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Da da da da la la
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la
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Da da da
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da
【Outro】
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Oh,
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oh
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Oh lo
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lo Lo
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lo, lo
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lo Lo
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lo, lo
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lo Lo
N.C.
lo