mm hm hmm i cry mm hmm i cry i saw a man lying on the street i couldn t figure it out why people walked pass without seeing that the man was about to die when i called for help no one came cause they did not wanna get involved the problem seemed that no one believed the situation can be solved and i cry baby i cry i cry i cry i cry when you re tryin to do for your child whatever you can do you crawl when you can cause you know till you can it s no smiling for you now we bring our kids up here cause we know they need an education they come home telling us there ain t no school cause the people don t want integration i cry baby i cry i cry i cry i cry i cry i cry i cry i cry we read the news everyday and only read what happens to you but nobody reads about the blues down here the things that we go through we didn t ask to be on welfare we didn t ask to be in the streets our babies didn t ask us to come here but they re here and they got to eat  now i cry i can t help but cry i cry i cry every morning i cry when i see the things going on around y all i cry no no i can t help but cry why don t you listen to what i m saying this evening won t you get yourself together i cry no no i cry