"Gilded Life Of The Rich Man" lyrics
(feat. Walter Williams & Eddie Levert)
(from "Dragged Across Concrete" soundtrack)
The skyscraper towers over the ghetto (Rich man)
Atop this building sits a socialite millionaire (Man of wealth)
The doorman there wears a name tag so that his boss won't forget (Upper crust)
His wife was replaced by a young actress (Rich man)
Champagne and caviar are left at his door (Rich man)
While most of us are working 12 hour days, 12 hour days, yeah
The rich man has a gilded life
His fancy stereo shuts out our cries
Oh, yeah
Nobody ever gets too close to him
The air up there's so pure, but we're suffering down here
Down here
His driver honks at kids in the street (Living on easy street) (Rich man)
No one ever steps in the way of his fancy car (Never, never, never)
Important deals are happening while he rides around the town (Rich man)
Don't care about poverty or nothing but himself (No, no, no)
Only the finest custom suits are good enough for him (Rich man)
He's got the mayor in his pocket (He runs the city)
And he gets what he wants, yeah, yeah!
The rich man has a gilded life
His fancy stereo shuts out our cries
Nobody ever gets too close to him (Never, never)
The air up there's so pure, but we're suffering down here
Ooh
The rich man
He don't care about us
No
The rich man
He don't care about us
No no
No no
I can see you up in your ivory tower, you rich man
What about us? We're suffering so much (Suffering down here)
You have a driver and your fancy car
We're starving
Come on!
Don't look down on us cause we don't have that much
Get out, outta here
We can take care of ourselves
Oooh, we don't need you no more
Got no faith, love nobody
Nobody but money
What do you have? A bunch of money
Nobody cares for the rich man
He don't care about us
He don't care about us, no he don't
He don't care
We need help, help, help, help!
I'm here surrounded by my loved ones
While you're up in your tower (Way up in his tower)
So alone
He don't care about us, no he don't
Up in your tower
Up in your tower
Up in your tower
Up in your tower
Up in your tower
I see you in your airplane, flying, flying
Up in your tower
Atop this building sits a socialite millionaire (Man of wealth)
The doorman there wears a name tag so that his boss won't forget (Upper crust)
His wife was replaced by a young actress (Rich man)
Champagne and caviar are left at his door (Rich man)
While most of us are working 12 hour days, 12 hour days, yeah
The rich man has a gilded life
His fancy stereo shuts out our cries
Oh, yeah
Nobody ever gets too close to him
The air up there's so pure, but we're suffering down here
Down here
His driver honks at kids in the street (Living on easy street) (Rich man)
No one ever steps in the way of his fancy car (Never, never, never)
Important deals are happening while he rides around the town (Rich man)
Don't care about poverty or nothing but himself (No, no, no)
Only the finest custom suits are good enough for him (Rich man)
He's got the mayor in his pocket (He runs the city)
And he gets what he wants, yeah, yeah!
The rich man has a gilded life
His fancy stereo shuts out our cries
Nobody ever gets too close to him (Never, never)
The air up there's so pure, but we're suffering down here
Ooh
The rich man
He don't care about us
No
The rich man
He don't care about us
No no
No no
I can see you up in your ivory tower, you rich man
What about us? We're suffering so much (Suffering down here)
You have a driver and your fancy car
We're starving
Come on!
Don't look down on us cause we don't have that much
Get out, outta here
We can take care of ourselves
Oooh, we don't need you no more
Got no faith, love nobody
Nobody but money
What do you have? A bunch of money
Nobody cares for the rich man
He don't care about us
He don't care about us, no he don't
He don't care
We need help, help, help, help!
I'm here surrounded by my loved ones
While you're up in your tower (Way up in his tower)
So alone
He don't care about us, no he don't
Up in your tower
Up in your tower
Up in your tower
Up in your tower
Up in your tower
I see you in your airplane, flying, flying
Up in your tower
