Different Picture (feat. Chuck Campbell)

Cows crying in the stockyards Blues jumping on Maxwell Street Rents climbing sky high all over the south side People dying from the heat Got a church on every other corner Kids playing hookie at the pool hall Sister Mary sitting outside the tabernacle She ain't worried 'bout a thing at all I see a different picture in my mind Oh yes I do I see a different picture in my mind Lord knows it's true It's 1952 in Chicago And the boys got hit with five long years Junkies lining in the doorway All the cats a-conking their heads Race riots in Cicero Jackie Robinson standing tall Sister Mary sitting outside the tabernacle She ain't worried 'bout a thing at all I see a different picture in my mind Oh yes I do I see a different picture in my mind Lord knows it's true It's 1992 in LA You better believe there's a riot going on The National Guards in the streets as history repeats Curfew from dusk to dawn It's 1992 back in Chicago School kids dealing crack in the hall Sister Mary sitting outside the tabernacle She ain't worried 'bout a thing at all I see a different picture in my mind Oh yes I do I see a different picture in my mind Lord knows it's true I see a different picture in my mind Oh yes I do I see a different picture in my mind Lord knows it's true