(((being poor)))

[Verse]
1, 2, 3, 4, the holy grail is to slowly scale
My voice is as choice as Vincent Price's
For emcees convinced they’re nicest, it's instant crisis
Anything embarrassing or prestigious it'll pass
As we hold fast to the last vestiges of the middle class
Before you can save the world, you have to save your world
I'm talking man to man as we're walking hand in hand
Marry black, white, or candy-striped, but never a poor girl
If I knew then what I know now
I'd snow-plow slow down a slope and show how
If I knew now what I knew then
I'd tie up loose ends and have stayed a true friend
Please play this jam with ample force, loud
I wrote it to make my sons and the sample source proud
Camille Yarbrough, All Hid
If you’re gonna set the bar low, you better limbo or be a small kid
1, 2, 3, 4, run through detour

[Chorus]
(1, 2, 3, 4)
(People get tired of being poor)
(People get tired of being poor)
(People get tired of being poor)
(1, 2, 3, 4)
(People get tired of being poor)
(1, 2, 3, 4)
(People get tired of being poor)

[Outro]
What to the slave is the 4th of July?
What to a brave is the worth of an island?
And what to a bird is fireworks in the sky?
Iron Pot Cooker, 1975
Vanguard