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Working real hard in the heart of the city |
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Noon day sun feeling hot and sweaty |
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Trying to make my pay, trying to make my monthly rent |
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Working real hard for the |
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US dollar |
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Living real poor gonna make me holler |
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I don't wanna live in the street like some folks do. |
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I was raised up on the corner |
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In front of a grocery store |
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Shining shoes with the |
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Daily News |
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For two pence on the floor |
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Given a chance |
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I'd go back to the days of a simpler time |
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Cause this old world's gone crazy |
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And I'm about to lose my mind |
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Working real hard in the heart of the city |
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Noon day sun feeling hot and sweaty |
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Trying to make my pay, trying to make my monthly rent |
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Working real hard for the |
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US dollar |
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Living real poor gonna make me holler |
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I don't wanna live in the street like some folks do. |
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My brother drives delivery right down on |
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Dolphin Street |
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Has a little house by the railroad track |
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Kinda small but it was neat |
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The police came and got him for robbing a liquor store |
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And even though he didn't do it |
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They got what they came for |
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Working real hard in the heart of the city |
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Noon day sun feeling hot and sweaty |
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Trying to make my pay, trying to make my monthly rent |
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Working real hard for the |
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US dollar |
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Living real poor gonna make me holler |
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I don't wanna live in the street like some folks do. |
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It's a poor man but life is bitter sweet |
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Doesn't wanna lose that good thing that he's got |
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But the same old government that pays you every week |
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Will come and take your home away and put you in the street |
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Working real hard in the heart of the city |
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Noon day sun feeling hot and sweaty |
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Trying to make my pay, trying to make my monthly rent |
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Working real hard for the |
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US dollar |
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Living real poor gonna make me holler |
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I don't wanna live in the street like some folks do. |
