And time goes by they live the way In such poverty Life's a game Some people say the country is free where all the races can live in peace The men in press, who tell the truth report the facts sometimes ain't true this makes things a lot worse Living that way won't have peace How can some people say for them there's no difference if most of their people are poor And some say they treat'em equal While time magazine prints an article on blacks who succeeded Why such a few? This ain't the way I wish it was But I don't know why they spread a lie Inside, everybody knows But I don't know why they spread a lie And time goes by they live the way In such poverty Life's a game Some people say the world is free where all the races can live in peace This ain't the way I wish it was But I don't know why they spread a lie Inside, everybody knows But I don't know why they spread a lie This ain't the way I wish it was But I don't know why they spread a lie