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This town's so hype it's got souldAs a philly catI'm with the rollAnd the swing of my thingsHow they work like clockworkTick tock tick tockTimes always lurking in your headGot to go to work and get fedThat man didn't eat but he goes to sleepGets up at dawn not to see the sunriseBut because it's too damn cold outsideUnderneat the bridge they punp the city's bilgeInto the alley they sweep the city's filthThe flowers wilt the flowers wiltDon't tell me about no gameCause that is a manAnd his familyRevolution familyLook at the familyDig the familyThey're living the wrong wayCan't get nothingDon't get nothing all they wanted wasSomething like a job - mercy mercyBut it's robbed - mercy mercySongtexteAnd there's so many street sideBeggars and disabled veteransGlass-eyed and peddlingDrunk and just meddlingSo you conclude it's their faultThey like the street they must like the asphaltBut that is man woman and childrenThe system has stalled shelter's homeThat's not what I call itI call it bad healthSome say help themselvesYo if you you gots itEvery hundred people a dollar in changeEvery hundred people a dollar in changeThis ain't livingThis ain't livingOh noYou know it's rough, had enough of holding aCup full of spare changeThe doctor diagnosed me as aDome full of bad brainsSo, toe to toe with employersCause they're telling me noHooked on prescription drugsSo I stay broke, I'd run awayBut you can't run away fromYourself or your health soI deal with the cards that I'm dealtTweet-a-leet-leetThe morning bird sounding sweetThough I sleep on the streetsI have a feeling I'm freeFrom society's hand picked hypocrisyMercy mercy don't give a damn for meMercy mercy now what am I going to eatPeek through the windows of the restaurantPeople eating caviar fifty bucks on lunchA hand-me-down mealFull of God knows whatPut it away in my gutQuick and then I wonderWhy I'm sick, brick for brickI know the city like my hand printJust a pit in the gutterOf a skid-row ditchBut I'll survive the painLet me know I'm aliveBut I still feel thatThis ain't livingCheck my beat dig they rhythmMe belly full but me hungry so I fill itOnce I start gaining taxes start takingCause the governments perfected funk fakingBreaking me down striking me downWhat goes around comes around butI keep rising seeing through the lies andThe surprise comes when I see myselfThe music I feltI'm onThis ain't livingThis ain't livingOh no Aus Songtexte Mania