There are men lost in jail,
crowded 52 room
There's journey wrapped
in a cage of a world
And the wo men know the place,
they sit home and write letters
Then they visit once a year
When they both just sit there and stare
See how we are
Gotta keep our eyes in between us
See how we are
We only sing about it
once in every twenty years
See how we are
Oh, see how we are
Now there are seven kinds of coke,
five hundred kinds of cigarettes
There's freedom of choice in the U .S.
that drives everybody crazy
Down in Acapulco,
well they don't give a damn
About kids on a chick blitz
with no shoes on their feet
See how we are
Get the hell out of my way,
bean -shaking deal
See how we are
We only sing about it
once in every 20 years
See how we are
Oh, see how we are
Well, this morning
The alarm rang at noon
And I'm trying to write
this letter to you
About how much I care
Why I just can't be there
To draw your bath and
comb your hair
Last night at a nice bar
where things ain't so hot
my friend said I met a boy and I'm in love
I said oh really what's
this one's name
she said his first name is homeboy
I said could his last name be trouble
see how we are
homeboy is no one of those
South Central ghetto names see how
We only sing about it
once in every 20 years
See how we are,
oh, see how we are
Yeah, see how we are
Now that highway is coming through
So we all gotta move
This bottom rung ain't no fun at all
Cause now farms and rock houses
And grape -flavored rat poison
Are the new trinity
For this so -called community
See how we are
Gotta keep bars out of our windows
See how we are
We only sing about it
once in every 20 years
See how we are
Oh, see how we are
See how we are
Thank you very much for being here tonight,
we really appreciate it.