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F# A boy's
E born
F#m in hard time _
B F# Mississippi, surrounded
F#m by a world that ain't
E so
F# pretty.
His parents give
F#m.
him love and
F# affection to keep him
E strong,
F#m.
moving in the right direction,.
G#m living just enough,
A#m.
just
C# G#m enough for the
F# city.
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B _
F#m _ .
_ _
B _
F# _ His father
B works
F#m.
some days for fourteen
E hours,
F# and you
E can bet
F#m.
he barely makes
B a
F# dollar.
His mother
E goes
F#m.
to scrub the floors
F# for many, and you best
B believe
F#m.
she hardly gives
G#m a penny,.
_ living just enough,
C#.
just
B enough for
F# the city.
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E _
F#m _ .
_ _
B _ _
F# _ All
D# the time,
D God loves
C everyone.
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A His _ _
G _ _ .
F# _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .
face
E is black,
F#m but she is shown
E to be pretty.
F# Her skirt
E is short,
F#m but Lord her legs
E are
F# sturdy.
He walks to
F#m school, she's got to get
E up
F# early.
Her
B clothes are
F#m old, but never are they
G#m dirty, living just enough,
C# just enough
B.
F# for the city.
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F#m _ _ _
B _
F# _ .
Her brother's
F#m smart, he's got more sense than
G# many.
F# His patience
F#m long, but soon he
E won't have any.
F# To find a job,
F#m it's like to haste that
B needle,
F# cause where he
F#m lives, they don't use
B colored people.
Living just enough, _
C# just enough
F# for the city.
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B nothing
F# for the city,
F#m just enough for
G#m _ _
F# _ _ _ _ .
_
B the
F# city.
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F#m _ .
Ain't nothing
B for the
F# city,
F#m just enough for the city.
Living just enough,
G#m just enough for the city.
F# _ _
D# Living just enough, just
D enough _ _
C _ _ _ .
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C# _ .
_
F# _ _ _ _ _ for.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .
G _
F# the _ city.
Huh?.
I don't know.
What?.
I'm just going to take that street.
Oh no.
What'd I do?.
Turn around, turn around, put your hands
E behind your back.
Oh, I'm so sorry.
The jury of
F# your peers having found you guilty, hang you.
What?.
F#m Come on, come on.
B Get in that cell, nigga.
F# God.
_
F#m His _
E _
B _ _
F# _
G#m hair is
F#m long, his feet are
B hard and frizzy.
His fingers like
F#m walking the streets of New
B York City.
F# He's almost dead
F#m.
from breathing in air
E F# pollution.
He's trying
B to fight to human
F# B evolution.
Living just enough,
A#m.
C# just enough
F# for the city.
F#m _ _ .
I
B _ _
F# _ hope you
G#m hear
F#m.
inside my
B voice the
F# sorrow.
And I'll
G#m motivate you
F#m to feel even
B better tomorrow.
F# I
B can prove
F#m no love can be much colder.
F# If we
B don't
F#m change, the world will soon be
B over.
Livin' just enough, stop givin'
F# just
A#m F#m enough
F# For today.
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