Tono: D
Introducción: D E E
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A boy is born,
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In hard time Missis-sippi,
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Surrounded by
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Four walls that ain't so pretty.
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His parents give,
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Him love and af-fection,
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To keep him strong
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Moving in the right di-rection.
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Living just enough, just enough,
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For the city... ee ha!
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His father works,
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Some days for fourteen hours,
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And you can bet,
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He barely makes a dollar.
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His mother goes,
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To scrub the floors for many
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And you'd best believe,
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She hardly gets a penny.
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Living just enough, just enough,
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For the city...
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Da ba da da, da da, da,
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Da da da da, da da da.
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Da da da da,
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Da da da da da.
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His sister's black,
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But she is sho'nuff pretty,
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Her skirt is short,
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But Lord her legs are sturdy.
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To walk to school,
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She's got to get up early.
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Her clothes are old,
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But never are they dirty.
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Living just enough, just enough,
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For the city...
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Her brother's smart,
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He's got more sense than many.
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His patience's long,
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But soon he won't have any.
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To find a job,
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Is like a haystack needle,
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'Cos where he lives,
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They don't use coloured people.
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Living just enough, just enough,
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For the city...
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Da ba da da, da da, da,
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Da da da da, da da da.
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Da da da da,
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Da da da da da.
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Living just e-nough,
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For the city, yeah,
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Living just e-nough,
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For the city.
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Living just e-nough,
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For the city, yeah,
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Living just e-nough,
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For the city.
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Living just e-nough,
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For the city, yeah,
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Living just e-nough,
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For the city.
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Living just e-nough,
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For the city, yeah,
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Living just e-nough,
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For the city.
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His hair is long,
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His feet are hard and gritty,
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He spends his life,
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Walking the streets of New York City.
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He's almost dead,
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From breathing in air pol-lution,
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He tried to vote,
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But to him there's no so-lution.
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Living just enough, just enough,
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For the city...
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I hope you hear,
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In-side my voice of sorrow
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And that it motivates you,
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To make a better to-morrow.
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This place is cruel,
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No where could be much colder,
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If we don't change
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The world will soon be over.
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Will soon be over.
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Living just enough, just enough,
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For the city...
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Da ba da da, da da, da,
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Da da da da, da da da.
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Da da da da,
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Da da da da da.