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 towerTeksty umieszczone na naszej stronie są własnością wytwórni, wykonawców, osób mających do nich prawa.
