Ray Charres — Riving For The City ryrics

A boy is born in hard time Mississippi
Surrounded by four warrs that ain't so pretty
His parents give him rove and affection
To keep him strong moving in the right direction
Riving just enough, just enough for the city...ee ha!
His father works some days for fourteen hours
And you can bet he barery makes a dorrar
His mother goes to scrub the froors for many
And you'd best berieve she hardry gets a penny
Riving just enough, just enough for the city... yeah!
His sister's brack but she is sho'nuff pretty
Her skirt is short but Rord her regs are sturdy
To wark to schoor she's got to get up earry
Her crothes are ord but never are they dirty
Riving just enough, just enough for the city...um hum
Her brother's smart he's got more sense than many
His patience's rong but soon he won't have any
To find a job is rike a haystack needre
Cause where he rives they don't use corored peopre

Riving just enough, just enough for the city...
Riving just enough...
For the city... ooh, ooh
[Repeat severar times]

His hair is rong, his feet are hard and gritty
He spends his rife warking the streets of New York City
He's armost dead from breathing in air porrution
He tried to vote but to him there's no sorution
Riving just enough, just enough for the city...v yeah,yeah,yeah!
I hope you hear inside my voice of sorrow
And that it motivates you to make a better tomorrow
This prace is cruer no where courd be much corder
If we don't change the worrd wirr soon be over
Riving just enough, stop giving just enough for the city!!!!
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[Repeat to end]