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So say one and so say all

Say what you gotta say

Or don't say nothin' at all

You been tossin' and turnin' through soft sticky nights

While the Bronx below you fights to stay alive



So say one and so say all

Be what you gotta be

Or don't be nothin' at all

Be gracious to your mother

When you leave this neighborhood

The change is gonna do her good

Next to me you look bad

Cos' there ain't no fresh air for my momma

But the drop is sheer



When you break away

Take me away

It's just about time to hit the road

And say

You gotta believe in somethin'

It's easy to see

My god is fading away

So pick up your bible and pray for me



We're all alone in the darkness

But our eyes are open wide

We don't see nothing

And our hands are tied

To the railings of the Bowery

And the humid city slickers



So say one and so say all

We had a lot to say

And we said it all

The cost of living in dreams

Is rising like the crime wave

The American way of dying

And it gets you every time

And it looks like it's got to my momma

My momma



May she rest in peace