Lyrics
I came into the city
From way down south
I came way up here, y'all
To see what my friends were talking about
The life, the city
Ain't nothing like they said
These people is so cold
They won't even give you a piece of bread
But down south where I came from
People love one another
They all treat each other, yes they do
Like they're sisters and they're brothers
Anybody give you place to sleep
Anybody give you something to eat
But here in this cold city, y'all
People are real, real cold
You ring or knock on their door
They even talk to you through a hole
People, people, people here in this cold city, y'all
They all want a tip
If you don't tip your postman
You go to work and come back ripped
But down south, y'all, where I came from
People love one another
They all treat each other, yes they do
Like they're sisters and they're brothers
Anybody give you place to sleep
Anybody give you something to eat
But here in this cold city
It's a crying, crying shame
You can't even find a friend
You think you got a woman in the hood of man
This big old cold city
Everybody's on welfare
Driving Rolls Royce cars
Eating out of garbage cans, they don't care
But down in the south, y'all, where I come from
People love one another
They all treat each other, yes they do
Like they're sisters and they're brothers
Anybody give you place to sleep
Anybody give you something to eat
Going back to my home
Where this little boy belong
I never, never should have left
No I shouldn't, but I did
They told me that a dog, yes they did
Was a man's best friend
I bought a dog and a cat, y'all
Both of 'em tried to do me in
I'll never come back, no, no, no