[ti:Soulsville]
[ar:Isaac Hayes]
[al:The Very Best Of Isaac Hayes (International Version Ecopac)]
[by:]
[00:00.00]Soulsville - Isaac Hayes
[00:05.11]Written by：Isaac Hayes
[00:10.22]Black man born free
[00:14.36]At least that's the way it's supposed to be
[00:18.65]Chains that binds him are hard to see
[00:23.09]Unless you take this walk with me
[00:28.63]Place where he lives
[00:31.71]Is God plenty of names
[00:36.17]Slums ghetto and black belt
[00:40.75]They are one and the same
[00:43.48]And I call it Soulsville
[00:54.10]Any kind of job is hard to find
[00:58.64]That means an increase
[01:00.45]In the welfare line
[01:02.98]Crime rate is rising too
[01:07.16]If you are hungry
[01:09.13]What would you do
[01:12.05]Rent is two months past due and
[01:16.11]The building that's falling apart
[01:20.63]Little boy needs a pair of shoes
[01:25.08]And this is only a part of Soulsville
[01:38.56]Some of the brothers' got plenty of cash
[01:43.07]Tricks on the corner gonna see to that
[01:47.54]Some like to smoke
[01:49.47]And some like to blow
[01:51.94]Some are even strung out
[01:53.75]On a fifty dollar Jones
[01:56.84]Some are trying to ditch
[01:58.68]Reality by getting so high
[02:05.79]Only to find out you
[02:09.93]Can never touch the sky
[02:12.84]'Cause your hoods are
[02:13.78]In Soulsville oh yeah
[02:23.48]Every Sunday morning
[02:26.64]I can hear the old sisters say
[02:31.24]Hallelujah Hallelujah
[02:35.14]Trust in the Lord to make a way oh yeah
[02:41.60]I hope that He hear their prayers 'cause
[02:45.60]Deep in their souls they believe
[02:50.15]Someday He'll put an end to all
[02:55.09]This misery that we have in Soulsville
[03:00.12]Oh yeah Soulsville Soulsville
[03:24.49]Soulsville Soulsville Soulsville