[ti:Poverty's Paradise]
[ar:24 Carat Black]
[al:Ghetto:Misfortune's Wealth]
[00:09.16](Poverty's paradise)
[00:21.42]Hey, it seems to me like ever since I was a little child
[00:25.43]I've been starving
[00:28.69]I've never known anything but hunger
[00:35.95](Poverty's paradise)
[00:39.70]I've been hungry all my life
[00:41.96]Yeah, starved to the bone
[00:50.72]Somewhere on this raggedy earth
[00:52.73]Somebody said something once
[00:55.48]About some kind of paradise
[00:58.99]Where everything would be nice
[01:00.74](Poverty's)
[01:03.74]And together
[01:05.50](Paradise)
[01:07.75]But I'll be damned if I can find it
[01:13.26]I've grown up into adulthood now
[01:16.01]And I don't seem to be able to find my way to anything
[01:20.52]Much less somebody's paradise
[01:23.53](Poverty's paradise)
[01:26.53]One thing for sure
[01:29.04]I'd like to go to sleep just once on a full stomach
[01:35.30]I get mighty tired of these belly wrinkles, dig?
[01:41.31]And my babies
[01:46.66]I don't know what I'm gonna do about them
[01:49.91]I've run out of ways to keep them fed
[01:54.67]Used to be I could find a way when there wasn't anyway
[02:09.45](Poverty's paradise)
[02:20.21]
[02:21.21]Ever since my birth
[02:26.48]I've had no one to care
[02:33.48]Since my very first day on earth
[02:40.49]I've existed on welfare
[02:48.01]Shameful living's been my way
[02:54.77]Nameless giving's been my pay
[03:01.02]
[03:02.03]Poverty's paradise
[03:08.54]If you want it, you better think twice
[03:15.55]Poverty's paradise
[03:22.56]Who ever said it was nice?
[03:28.82]
[03:36.84]That human was a fool
[03:50.61]A poor human's life is filled with woes
[03:57.37]No amount of foodstamps can ease sorrow
[04:05.13]This way of life demands no respect or dignity
[04:11.64]It commands only neglect and self pity
[04:18.90]Down life's long and lonely road
[04:25.41]Poor has been my one and only load
[04:31.68]
[04:32.43]Poverty's paradise
[04:39.19]If you want it, I say you better think twice
[04:45.95]Poverty's paradise
[04:53.21]Who ever said it was nice?
[04:58.22]
[05:11.23]That human was a fool (fool)
[05:25.51]My living's been in vain
[05:31.77]My lowly life has known only pain
[05:38.78]If you can avoid this kind of misery
[05:45.04]Thank God you don't have to live like me
[05:52.55]Down life's long and lonely road
[05:58.82]Poor has been my one and only load
[06:05.58]
[06:06.59]Poverty's paradise
[06:13.34]If you want it, I say you better think twice
[06:20.35]Poverty's paradise
[06:27.12]Who ever said it was nice?
[06:32.87]
[06:45.39]That human was a fool
[06:53.40](Poverty's paradise)
[07:07.67](Poverty's paradise)
[07:14.20]I don't think I could find a way to make it on this earth
[07:23.71](Poverty's paradise)
[07:26.81]It's been on continuous delay
[07:32.57]Ever since my birth
[07:36.58](Poverty's paradise)
[07:40.83]Hungry, Hungry, Hungry
[07:47.84]Lonely, lonely, lonely
[07:51.10](Poverty's paradise)
[07:55.85]My love's been adept
[07:59.11]I've had to do without
[08:02.62](Poverty's paradise)
[08:08.63]Only pain, only shame
[08:15.38](Poverty's paradise)
[08:22.15]My baby's look at me and cry
[08:26.90]All I could do is laugh
[08:32.16]I tell 'em, son, one day we'll be rich
[08:42.42]Daughter, oh, daughter
[08:49.68](Poverty's paradise)
[08:51.69]Nobody to be fare
[09:01.45]Nobody to be fare
[09:10.97](Poverty's paradise)
[09:17.99]Life, liberty and the pursuit of hapiness, yes yes
[09:23.75](Poverty)
[09:27.00]That's what they tell me
[09:31.26]Liquidation and distress
[09:35.26]That's what they sell me
[09:44.53]Free speech, constitutional rights, ain't nowhere to be found
[09:54.55](Poverty's)
[09:59.56]Only hunger and grind
[10:03.07](Poverty's)
[10:06.32]Global fight after fight
[10:09.57](Poverty's)
[10:12.07]Look around
[10:14.33](Paradise)
[10:27.10]The president said, the president said, the president said
[10:34.61]Don't worry, Don't worry, Don't worry, Don't worry
[10:43.37]But worry's all I know
[10:49.88]Hurt, Hurt Hurt, hurt hurt hurt
[10:56.14](Poverty)
[10:57.65]Hurt
[10:59.65](Poverty)
[11:00.65]Hurt
[11:02.15](Poverty)
[11:03.40]Hurt
[11:05.41](Paradise)
[11:11.17]Poverty's paradise
[11:20.43]Whoever said it was nice?
[11:31.69]That human was a fool
[11:44.22](Poverty's paradise)
[12:14.10](Poverty's paradise)