Hungry little baby on a cold hard floor cryin' for milk but there ain't no more 饥饿的小婴儿在冰冷坚硬的地板上哭泣的牛奶，但没有任何更多

We can't get credit at the grocery store that's how it is when you're poor 我们无法获得信贷在杂货店这是怎么回事，当你穷

Cry tears little baby for the future in store I got trouble for a child born poor 流下的眼泪在店里我得到了出身贫苦孩子的麻烦未来的小宝宝

Slave all your life not knowin' what for that's how it is when you're poor 奴隶，你的生活没有深深地知道“什么是这么回事，当你穷

   

There's not enough money to go to school 有没有足够的钱去上学

I can't afford the clothes to fit the social fools 我买不起衣服，以适应社会的阿斗

Lord forgive me when I curse the rules but that's how it is when you're poor 上帝原谅我，当我骂的规则，但是这是怎么回事，当你穷

Gotta work hard just the bills to be paid 我得努力工作只是为了支付账单

Sixteen hours there's a livin' to be made 十六个小时，有一个活着要作出

Never get ahead just livin' day to day that's how it is when you're poor 从来没有出人头地只是活着的每一天这是怎么回事，当你穷

   

Hard work buried in the back of my mind 埋在了我的脑海里辛勤工作

Haven't got much money but have a lotta time 还没拿到多少钱，但有一个洛塔时间

It's been done doin' nothin' but tryin' that's how it is when you're poor 它已经做上来的没什么只是试着这是怎么回事，当你穷

Old house needs fix but that'll have to wait 老房子需要解决但要等待

I dream about the life that could be real great 我梦想，可能是真正的伟大的生命

I hope it's not long more it'll be too late but that's how it is when you're poor 我希望这不是更长时间，它会为时已晚，但是这是怎么回事，当你穷