America Goes to War

I went down, took a look around I went down to the city I went down, took a look around What I saw didn't look so pretty Down the middle run a railroad track One side white and one side black One side of town live pretty well Other side of town look just like hell Oh I begin to thinking How did it get this way Then I begin to wondering How long it's gonna stay Time we got to moving Make it go away I went down, took a look around Walked the streets and alleys Saw a nation up in arms The marches and the rallies Down the boulevard come a white mob Sayin them aliens took my job Out on the corner were three police Upholdin the rich man's peace Oh I begin to thinking How did it get this way Then I begin to wondering How long it's gonna stay Time we got to moving Make it go away Too many people sitting in jail Cause they didn't have a dollar Ain't nobody ever gonna go their bail Makes you wanta scream and holler Long as the law brings poverty Ain't nobody ever gonna be free Every time America's goin to war Comin closer to my back door Oh I begin to thinking How did it get this way Then I begin to wondering How long it's gonna stay Time we got to moving Make it go away