I went to the city to look around And I seen glass buildings standing high in the sky And I wonder if I had the time To walk around, woah-woah-oh So I took out my money and asked for some cigarettes And I looked around for the time And a man said, "Lady, do you have a nickel? 'Cause my wife and child is dying in the street And no one really has any pity" I see a lot of bodies laying around me And they spend their time begging for money And I wonder if I could survive In a land that didn't want me In a land that feels guilty Only mothers and children die in the street So I went to the park where there's trees And I seen families living in boxes at twenty degrees And I always thought that it's necessary To have a home in this sweet dream To have a home where freedom rings Back to the station, my train was about to leave And I looked at all the children playing with dirty hands and knees And I wonder how we could let them go hungry They are the future of the country They can break or make this factory, ooh When mothers and children have to die in the street Mothers and children, why they got to go hungry? Mothers and children, after all, we have to be human beings Mothers, children hungry, living in the street