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
[04:17.121]Busman： "Bus for new york city"
[04:19.196]Man： "Hey, bus driver, i'm getting on that, hold it"
[04:25.683]Man： "Thanks a lot"
[04:32.495]Man： "Wow, new york, just like i pictured it, skyscrapers and everything"
[04:41.911]Passerby: "Hey, hey, brother, hey, come here, slick"
[04:43.816]Man： "Huh"
[04:44.261]Passerby："Hey, you look, you look hip, man"
[04:45.305]Passerby："Hey, you wanna make yourself five bucks？man"
[04:46.890]Man："Yeah,but i"
[04:47.349]Passerby："You look hip, run this across the street for me right quick, okay?
[04:49.434]Passerby："Run this across, run this across"
[04:52.483]Police："Up against that goddamn car, let's go"
[04:54.542]Man："What? huh, i didn't know, what?"
[04:55.257]Police："Gimme your hands up, you punk"
[04:57.043]Man："I'm just going across the street"
[04:58.510]Police："Take him out"
[04:59.078]Man："Oh lord, what i do?"
[05:00.965]Police："Turn around, turn around, put your hands behind your back, let's go, let's go"
[05:03.644]"A jury of your peers having found you guilty, ten years"
[05:08.927]Jailer："Come on, come on, get in that cell, nigger"
[05:12.003]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