I'm from the other side of town Out of bounds To anybody who don't live around I never learned to share Or how to care I never had no teachings About being fair
Depression is part of my mind The sun never shines On the other side of town The need here is always for more There's nothing good in store On the other side of town
It's hard to do right In this filthy night Just plain simple comfort Is completely out of sight My little sister she hungry For bread to eat My brother's hand me down shoes Are now showing his feet
Ghetto blues showed on the news All is aware But what the hell do they care You across the track Completely relaxed You take a warning fact Don't you never come back
I'm from the other side of town Out of bounds To anybody who don't live around I never learned to share Or how to care I never had no teachings About being fair
Depression is part of my mind The sun never shines On the other side of town The need here is always for more There's nothing good in store On the other side of town
O baby it's hard to do right On the other side of town
A little sugar, honey suckle lamb Great expression of happiness Boy, you could not miss with a dozen roses Such would astound you The joy of children laughing around you These are the makings of you It is true, the makings of you, oh
It's been a miracle for what you've done Please stay right by my side Two can be one for the righteous way to go Anyone would know I believe I thought I told you so You're second to none
Love of all mankind should reflect some sign Of these words I'm trying to recite They're close, but not quite Almost impossible to do Reciting the makings of you
The righteous way to go Little one would know Or believe if I told them so You're second to none
The love of all mankind should reflect some sign Of these words I'm trying to recite They're close, but not quite Almost impossible to do Reciting the makings of you
We people who are darker than blue Are we gonna stand around this town And let what others say come true? We're just good for nothing they all figure
A boyish, grown up, shiftless jigger Now we can't hardly stand for that Or is that really where it's at? We people who are darker than blue
This ain't no time for segregatin' I'm talking 'bout brown and yellow two High yellow girl, can't you tell You're just the surface of our dark deep well
If your mind could really see You'd know your color the same as me Pardon me, brother, as you stand in your glory I know you won't mind if I tell the whole story
Get yourself together, learn to know your side Shall we commit our own genocide Before you check out your mind?
I know we've all got problems That's why I'm here to say Keep peace with me and I with you Let me love in my own way
Now I know we have great respect For the sister, and mother it's even better yet But there's the joker in the street
Loving one brother and killing the other When the time comes and we are really free There'll be no brothers left you see
We people who are darker than blue Don't let us hang around this town And let what others say come true
We're just good for nothing they all figure A boyish, grown up, shiftless jigger Now we can't hardly stand for that Or is that really where it's at?
Pardon me, brother, while you stand in your glory I know you won't mind if I tell the whole story Pardon me, brother, I know we've come a long, long way But let us not be so satisfied for tomorrow can be an An even brighter day
Hush now child and don't you cry Your folks might understand you by and by So in the mean time, move on up towards your destination Though you may find from time to time complications
Bite your lip and take a trip Though there may be wet road ahead And you cannot slip so what you wanna do Just move on up for peace you will find Into the steeple of beautiful people where there's only one kind
So hush now child and don't you cry Your folks might understand you by and by So what are we wanna do is move on up for a greater day But just you gonna make it, you put your mind to it, you can surely do it
Take nothing less than the supreme best Do not obey for most people say 'cause you can past the test So what we have to do is move on up and keep on wishing Remember your dream is your only scheme so keep on pushing
So hush now child and don't you cry Your folks might understand you by and by Move on up for a greater day but just you gonna make it You put your mind to it, you can surely do it Move on up, we can to move on up Move on up, move on child I wanna move on up
We can to move on up, we can to move on up We can to move on up, we can to move on up We can to move on up, we can to move on up We can to move on up, we can to move on up
We can to move on up, we can to move on up We can to move on up, we can to move on up We can to move on up, we can to move on up We can to move on up, we can to move on up
Familiar music, familiar sound Does mute your thoughts for the underground Lonely sight for any turning light Future prophesy for the [Incomprehensible]
There'll be equal stay and equal play The underground where none can betray
The underground The underground The underground
There'll be no light, so there can be no sight And you'll judge your fellow men on the stand By what is right They'll all turn black so who's to know As a matter of fact: color, creed and breed must go
The underground The underground
Familiar music, familiar sound Does mute your thoughts for the underground Lonely sight for any turning light Future prophecy for the [Incomprehensible]
A little sugar, honey suckle lamb Great expression of happiness Boy, you could not miss with a dozen roses Such would astound you The joy of children laughing around you These are the makings of you It is true, the makings of you, oh
It's been a miracle for what you've done Please stay right by my side Two can be one for the righteous way to go Anyone would know I believe I thought I told you so You're second to none
Love of all mankind should reflect some sign Of these words I'm trying to recite They're close, but not quite Almost impossible to do Reciting the makings of you
The righteous way to go Little one would know Or believe if I told them so You're second to none
The love of all mankind should reflect some sign Of these words I'm trying to recite They're close, but not quite Almost impossible to do Reciting the makings of you
Little child Runnin' wild Watch a while You see he never smiles
Broken home Father gone Mama tired So he's all alone
Kind of sad Kind of mad Ghetto child Thinkin' he's been had
In the back of his mind he's sayin'
Didn't have to be here You didn't have to love for me While I was just a nothin' child Why couldn't they just let me be Let me be, let me be, let me be
One room shack On the alley-back Control, I'm told From across the track
Where is the mayor Who'll make all things fair He lives outside Our polluted air
And I didn't have to be here You didn't have to love for me While I was just a nothin' child Why couldn't they just let me be Let me be, let me be, let me be
I got a jones Runnin' through ma' bones I'm sorry son All your money's gone
Painful rip In my upper hip I guess it's time To take another trip
Don't care what nobody say I got to take the pain away It's getting worser day by day And all my life has been this way Can't reason with the pusherman Finance is all that he understands 'You junkie, mama cries, you know' Would rip her, but I love her so Love her so, now....
