Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler) (Live in Montreux 1980)

[Verse 1]

Rockets, moon shots

Spend it on the have-nots

Money, we make it

'Fore we see it, you take it

[Chorus]

Oh, makes me wanna holler

The way they do my life

Oh, makes me wanna holler

The way they do my life

This ain't livin', This ain't livin'

No, no baby, this ain't livin'

No, no, no, no

Ooh, ain't livin', baby

This ain't livin', no no no no

[Verse 2]

Crime is increasing

Woo, trigger-happy policing

Panic is spreading

God knows where, where we're heading, ooh

[Chorus]

Oh, makes me wanna holler

Throw up both my hands

Makes me wanna holler

Throw up both my hands, oh

[Bridge]

Sing about the inner city blues, yes, baby

Ah baby, singing about the inner city blues

I'm singing about the babies that ain't got no mama

Down in the ghetto, all over the world

Singing about the children, the hungry people

The old people, baby, all over the world

Inner city blues, yes it is, baby

Yes it is, baby

Ah, got no job, baby

Singing about the inner city blues

I'm singing about the lies in my head, baby

I think it's gonna be a little worse, what it is today

I'm singing about the blues, inner city blues, baby

One more thing, one more thing

What you say? Listen

Radiation, ah baby, is 'bout to fall

And your life in the hands of madness, yes it is

Woo, don't be misled by all the lies they tell

Those in control, you know, they lie to you, baby

Please, I got the blues the most, more than anybody

I got the blues, I got the blues the most

Turn off the nuclear issues, turn off the nuclear issues, baby

Turn it off

Coast to coast, all over the world, country

Started, it's already started, baby, yeah baby

I got the blues, baby, inner city blues, ooh

Lord have mercy, I got the blues

Help me, baby, ow

[Instrumental Break]

[Outro]

Inner city blues

Ah baby, inner city blues

I'll feel alright, yes baby

Ooh, feel alright