Living for the City - Stevie Wonder.mp3

[00:00.000] 作词 : Stevie Wonder
[00:01.000] 作曲 : Stevie Wonder
[00:02.000] 制作人 : Stevie Wonder
[00:11.270]A boy is born in hard time mississippi
[00:15.980]Surrounded by four walls that ain’t so pretty
[00:20.930]His parents give him love and affection
[00:25.100]To keep him strong moving in the right direction
[00:29.910]Living just enough just enough for the city ee ha
[00:40.420]His father works some days for fourteen hours
[00:45.230]And you can bet he barely makes a dollar
[00:50.100]His mother goes to scrub the floors for many
[00:54.540]And you’d best believe she hardly gets a penny
[00:58.940]Living just enough just enough for the city yeah
[01:26.540]His sister’s black but she is sho’nuff pretty
[01:31.380]Her skirt is short but lord her legs are sturdy
[01:36.290]To walk to school she’s got to get up early
[01:41.090]Her clothes are old but never are they dirty
[01:45.170]Living just enough just enough for the city um hum
[01:56.090]Her brother’s smart he’s got more sense than many
[02:00.660]His patience’s long but soon he won’t have any
[02:05.610]To find a job is like a haystack needle
[02:10.200]Cause where he lives they don’t use colored people
[02:14.570]Living just enough just enough for the city
[02:51.620]Living just enough For the city
[04:17.76]Busman: "bus for new york city"
[04:19.70]Man: "Hey[?]“
[04:26.19]Man: "thanks a lot"
[04:33.16]Man: "wow, new york, just like i pictured it, skyscrapers and everything"
[04:42.71]Passerby: "hey, hey brother, hey, come here, slick"
[04:45.09]Man: "huh"
[04:45.70]Passerby:"hey, you look, you look hip, man"
[04:46.69]Passerby: "hey, you wanna make yourself five bucks, man?"
[04:46.82]Man: "yeah,but I[?] "
[04:48.82]Passerby:"you look hip, run this across the street for me right quick, okay?
[04:50.89]Run this across, run this across"
[04:52.93]Police: "up against that goddamn car, let's go"
[04:53.71]Man: "what? huh, i didn't know, what?"
[04:59.51]Police: "gimme your hands up, you punk"
[04:59.73]Man: "i'm just going across the street"
[05:01.41]Police: "take him out，take him out"
[05:01.61]Man: "oh lord, what i do?"
[05:05.80]Police: "turn around, turn around, put your hands behind your back,
[05:09.30]Let's go, let's go"
[05:09.60]A jury of your peers having found you guilty, ten years
[05:10.51]Man: "what？"
[05:11.16]Jailer: "come on, come on, get in that cell, nigger"
[05:13.57]Man: "god, lord"
[05:17.370]His hair is long his feet are hard and gritty
[05:22.140]He spends his life walking the streets of new york city
[05:26.880]He’s almost dead from breathing in air pollution
[05:31.680]He tried to vote but to him there’s no solution
[05:35.570]Living just enough just enough for the city
[05:43.330]Yeah yeah yeah
[05:46.280]I hope you hear inside my voice of sorrow
[05:50.750]And that it motivates you to make a better tomorrow
[05:55.560]This place is cruel no where could be much colder
[06:00.280]If we don’t change the world will soon be over
[06:04.220]Living just enough stop giving just enough for the city