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 YEAH 

HIS FATHER WORKS 
SOME DAYS 
FOR FOURTEEN HOURS 
AND YOU CAN BET 

HE BARELY MAKES 
A DOLLAR 
HIS MOTHER GOES 
TO SCRUB THE FLOORS 

FOR MANY 
AND YOU'D BEST BELIEVE 
SHE HARDLY 
GETS A PENNY 

LIVING JUST ENOUGH 
JUST ENOUGH 
FOR THE CITY YEAH 
DA DA DA DA DA DA DA 

DA DA DA DA DA DA DA 
DA DA DA DA 
DA DA DA DA DA 
OW WHOO 

HIS SISTER'S BLACK 
BUT SHE SHO'NUFF 
IS PRETTY 
HER SKIRT IS SHORT 

BUT LORD HER LEGS 
ARE STURDY 
TO WALK TO SCHOOL 
SHE'S GOT TO GET UP 

EARLY 
HER CLOTHES ARE OLD 
BUT NEVER ARE 
THEY DIRTY 

LIVING JUST ENOUGH 
JUST ENOUGH 
FOR THE CITY YEAH Mmm 
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 
LIVING JUST ENOUGH 

JUST ENOUGH 
FOR THE CITY YEAH 
DA DA DA DA DA DA DA 
DA DA DA DA DA DA DA 

DA DA DA DA 
DA DA DA DA DA 
OW WOO 
WOO 


LIVING FOR THE CITY 
YEAH 
AIN'T NOTHIN' BUT A CITY 

HEY 
LIVIN' FOR THE CITY 
YEAH EAH YEAH EAH 
AIN'T NOTHIN' BUT A CITY 

HEY 
CITY CITY 
YEAH EAH YEAH EAH 
I'M WORKIN' FOR THE CITY

HEY HEY YEAH 
WORKIN' FOR THE CITY 
YEAH EAH YEAH EAH 
NOTHING BUT THE CITY 

WOO