I believe in nothing more than those who got and those who ain’t Your house to the poor house the line you cross if you can’t pay You know if you been there how you gonna tow the line I’m alright Jack till you feel the cracks until then you’re just treading time
Oh till you’ve been there, how you gonna see for us we’re just doing time Oh till you’ve seen here, nothing gonna change their minds we’re just simply fine
Skin cracks from the whip on your backs you don’t scream you don’t make a sound Tread heavy, tread light it’s the sound of a fight say nothing just let your feet pound Ain’t nothing but a fear a whisper in your ear we don’t let it all cry out If the silence prevails putting legs through their tails we keep running till we all run out
Give up to the city, a city makes a grown man cry Give up to the city, to the streets where we live and die Give up to the city, the place that gave you your name Give up to the city, make a cool man go insane And I said Oh till you’ve been there, how you gonna see for us we’re just doing time Oh till you’ve seen here, nothing gonna change their minds we’re just simply fine
Give up to the city, a city makes a grown man cry Give up to the city, to the streets where we live and die Give up to the city, the place that gave you your name Give up to the city, make a cool man go insane Oh till you’ve been there, how they gonna pay for us we’re just killing time Oh till you’ve seen here, nothing gonna change their minds we’re just simply fine And I said Oh till you’ve been there, how they gonna pay for us we’re just killing time Oh till you’ve seen here, nothing gonna change their minds we’re just simply fine