Sometimes I'm jealous of the poor The financially poor The ones that live in houses so close they're all like roommates No, it isn't hypocrisy This is the saying They were born in the wild, Learned to adapt early. They fight for their share And they're fair, about their share Because we're all just trying to make it
Sometimes I'm jealous of the rich The truly rich The ones whose brothers don't have to share a name The ones whose women they protect as their own As their sisters, as their mothers This is family This is community They respect from the old to the young And protect those of their kind But they give everyone a fair shot, Because we're all just trying to make **it