Subcity

by Tracy Chapman

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Intro

Verse

People say it doesn't exist

Cause no one would like to admit

That there is a city undergro

und

Where people live everyday

Off the waste and decay

Off the discards of their fell

ow man

Chorus

Here in subcity life is

hard

We can't receive any gov

ernment rel

ief

Won't you please, p

lease give the President my

honest r

egards

For disreg

arding m

e

Verse

They say there's too much crime in these

city streets

My s

entiments e

xactly

Government and big business hold the p

urse strings

When I

worked I w

orked in the

factories

I

'm at the mercy of the w

orld

I

guess I'm

lucky to be

alive

Chorus

Here in subcity life is

hard

We can't receive any gove

rnment re

lief

Won't you please, p

lease give the President my

honest

regards

For disreg

arding me

Verse

They say we've f

allen through the cracks

They say the system works

But we won't let it

Help

I guess they never stop to t

hink

W

e might not just want handouts

But a way to make an honest

living

L

iving this ain't

living

Chorus

Here in subcity life is

hard

W

e can't receive any

government rel

ief

Won't you please, p

lease give the President my

honest

regards

For disrega

rding m

e

Verse

What did I do deserve this

Had my t

rust in g

od

Worked everyday of my life

Thought I had s

ome guarantees

That's what I thought

At least that's

what I thou

ght

Chorus

Here in subcity life is

hard

We can't receive any g

overnment re

lief

Won't you please, p

lease give the President my

honest reg

ards

For disreg

arding m

e

Verse

Last night I ha

d another restless s

leep

Wondering what tomorrow might bring

L

ast night I dreamed

A cold blue lig

ht was shining down on me

I screamed myself awake

Thought I must be dying

T

hought I must be dyi

ng

Chorus

Here in subcity life is

hard

We can't receive any

government r

elief

I'd like to give Mr. Pre

sident my hon

est r

egards

For disreg

arding

me

Outro

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