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Future Shock Lyrics By Curtis Mayfield

    future shock
    ooh hoo

    hey little sister where’s your brother
    see your mother standing on the soup line
    god bless your father
    ain’t got the strength to be bothered
    the almighty world hear me now
    was bound to weigh him down

    we got to stop all men
    from messing up the land
    when won’t we understand
    this is our last and only chance
    everybody it’s a future shock
    future shock future shock
    future shock future shock

    all worldly figures playing on niggers
    oh see them passing
    see how they’re dancing to the superfly
    oh ain’t it wrong when you don’t know where we come from
    dancing in our youth
    dying at the truth to get over
    over over get over

    we got to stop all men
    from messing up the land
    when won’t we understand
    this is our last and only chance
    everybody it’s a future shock
    future shock future shock
    future shock future shock

    the price of the meat
    higher than the dope in the street
    is it any wonder
    for those with nothing to eat

    we got to stop all men
    from messing up the land
    when won’t we understand
    this is our last and only chance
    everybody it’s a future shock
    future shock future shock
    future shock future shock

    Artist: Curtis Mayfield

    Year: 1973

    Decade: 70s

    Language: en

    Word Count: 113