People Say - The Meters

Powers of today

So pretty darn confused

Giving everybody

In the world the blues

Food is getting high

And the fuel is getting low

The rich are getting richer

And the poor are getting poor

People say, people say

Have I got a right to live?

People say, people say

Have I got a right to live?

People say, people say

(What the people say?)

(What the people?)

Have your share and my share

And your share is my share too

Your eyes are blind folded

And your mind controlled

What the powers do to you

Destruction is in the air, oh yeah

And when is it going to quit

Somebody end the madness

Gettin' sick and tired of it

People say, people say

Have I got a right to live?

People say, people say

Have I got a right to live?

People say, people say

(What the people say?)

(What the people?)

(What the people say?)

(What the people say?)

(What the people say?)

(What the people say?)

(What the people say?)

You gotta listen to 'em

(What the people say?)

Robbing and they’re stealing

And they’re breaking in your home

It’s getting a little dangerous

To walk the street alone

Somebody better get on the case

Real thing

(Real thing)

And you got no time to waste

People say, people say

Have I got a right to live?

People say, people say

Have I got a right to live?

People say, people say

(What the people say?)

(What the people?)