Poverty (Tonight Riddim)

[00:05.86] Hey, ah, oh hey, oh hey, oh hey, oh
[00:11.85] Hey, hey, hey
[00:13.03] Hey
[00:13.05] I was born and I raised in the ghetto of the city
[00:19.34] In a one room shack, one shirt on my back
[00:24.00] Papa mistreated my mama and left her stranded
[00:31.66] But I'm not afraid to say I didn't send to school
[00:35.87] Hey, so I grew up right here in oppression
[00:43.81] A man without an education
[00:49.58] So I face great tribulation
[00:53.85] Yeah, oh, yo, yo
[00:55.61] I just a-wondering what will be my destination
[01:00.93] So, let me tell you now
[01:02.11] Poverty, hey, it's a crime
[01:08.28] I knew because once I've trod the line, hey
[01:14.39] Poverty and frustration, hey, hey
[01:20.40] Just make me right here, a bitter man, hey
[01:26.09] So I grew up right here in oppression, hey
[01:32.42] A man without an education, hey
[01:38.13] So I face great tribulation, ah
[01:44.28] I just a-wondering what will be my destination, hey
[01:52.15] Wah, wah, wah, wah, wah, wah, hey
[01:57.84] Woah, woah, woah, oh, oh, oh, oh
[02:04.00] Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey
[02:08.49]
[02:14.69] I was born and I raised in the ghetto of the city, yo
[02:20.93] In a one room shack, one shirt on my back, oh, yeah, yeah
[02:26.88] Said papa mistreated my mama and left her stranded, hey
[02:33.25] But I'm not afraid to say I wasn't sent to school, hey
[02:38.82] So I grew up right here in oppression, yeah, yeah, yeah
[02:45.41] A man without an education
[02:51.02] So I face great tribulation, woah, woah
[02:57.19] I just a-wondering what will be my destination, hey
[03:03.77] Poverty, poverty, it's a crime
[03:09.75] I knew because once I've trod the line, hey
[03:15.94] Poverty, poverty, and frustration
[03:22.21] Make me right here, a bitter man, hey
[03:27.55] I said, poverty, poverty
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