Текст песни Inner City Blues - Marvin Gaye

Rockets, moon shots
Spend it on the have-nots
Money, we make it
'Fore we see it, you take it

Oh, makes me wanna holler
The way they do my life
Oh, makes me wanna holler
The way they do my life

This ain't livin', this ain't livin'
No, no baby, this ain't livin'
No, no, no, no
Ooh, ain't livin', baby
This ain't livin'
No, no, no, no

Crime is increasing
Woo, trigger happy policin'
Panic is spreading, mmm
God knows where, where we're heading, ooh

Oh-oh, makes me wanna holler
Throw up both my hands
Makes me wanna holler
Throw up both my hands, oh

Sing about the inner city blues, yes baby
Oh baby, singing about the inner city blues

I'm singing 'bout the babies that ain't got no mama
Down in the ghetto, all over the world
Singing 'bout the children, the hungry people
The old people, baby
All over the world
Inner city blues
Yes it is, baby
Yes it is, baby

People got no job, baby
Singin' 'bout the inner city blues
I'm singing 'bout the lies in my head, baby
I think it's gonna be a little worse, what it is today
I'm singing 'bout the blues
Inner city blues, baby
That's what I'm singin'

One more thing
One more thing
What you say?
Listen

Radiation, ah baby, is 'bout to fall
And your life in the hands of madness, yes it is
Woo, don't be misled
By all the lies they tell those in control
You know, they lie to you, baby
Please, I got the blues the most, more than anybody
I got the blues, I got the blues the most
Turn off the nuclear juice, turn off the nuclear juice, baby
Turn it off, coast to coast, all over the world, country
Started, it's already started, baby, yeah baby

I got the blues, baby
Inner city blues, ooh
Lord have mercy
I got the city blues

Ooh
Help me, baby, ow

Inner city blues
Oh baby, inner city blues
I feel alright, yes baby
Ooh, feel alright