when your so long gone
you can't help yourself
when your so dead wrong
let alone no one else
when the children still dyin' in the street
and babies still livin' with diease
and the cops got guns
and the po' folk go sons who work for Mr. Franklin every week
and if you come lookin' for a hard time
hard times ain't hard to find
because we're given that lifeline
only once in a lifetime
baby we was born
maybe we were born
to be sure
to endure when the storm comes
got dem sad eyes
got cat eyes
got the angels tired of saving his life
and you can beat to contain yourself
before you end up killed
yeah his bare feet
touching her bare feet
the air breaths sweet
and yeah mountains peak
and I forgot what the wiseman said
about that ancient thread
and if you come lookin' for a hard time
hard times ain't hard to find
because we're given that lifeline
only once in a lifetime
baby we was born
maybe we were born
to be sure
to endure when the storm comes
baby we was born
maybe we were born
to rejoice
rejoice when the sun comes