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[Verse 1]

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The skies are full of dirt and gray
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The city's kids come out to play
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Running in the broken glass
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From old deserted windows

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[Verse 2]

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Dollar winos fill the streets
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The poolroom music's soulful beat
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Engulfs the gray and dirty air
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In inner city limits

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[Verse 3]

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Children run in hopeless heat
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Along the dirty junkie streets
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Women sell themselves to men
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Through ruthless mediators

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[Verse 4]

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The sidewalk cracks are deep and wide
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The children kneel to look inside
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For pennies, maybe nickels
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Dropped in passing

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[Verse 5]

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They live their lives like others past
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The winos drink, the pimps sell ass
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Little girls ten years ago
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Are older now by twenty

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[Verse 6]

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Social change is still just talk
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The things you see in urban walks
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Should make you sick and lose your lunch
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Inside your high-rise diners

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[Verse 7]

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Make the laws, you own the land
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You hold them down when you can't stand
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One of these day's you'll get yours aplenty
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One of these day's you'll get yours aplenty
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One of these day's you'll get yours aplenty