Just Mellow
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Mom's lookin tired, dad's feelin old
They've been here for 30 years
But still ain't seen no streets of gold
Mom packed her case at the age of 19
She was gonna go to England
She would live like a queen
She would build her own house
She would raise no kids
Sometimes I know she wishes that she never did
But what's done is done
So what's past is past
The only question now
How long can she last
There's no future for the children in a world we never made
So tell me where's the future for the middle aged
Mom's gotta put her future in the hands of the lord
I hope she goes to heaven for her final reward
She worked her fingers to the bone
To make her life better
Tried to be a citizen, they wouldn't let her
Residential areas gave a message to mom
"You're okay in the jungle, you'll be fine in the slum"
But in the slum there were houses little better than shacks
With signs in the window "No Irish, No Blacks"
Wife and husband with nowhere to go
Winter coming on and they'd never see snow
They say that life isn't easy, then you die
But you can't give up, you have to give it a try
Where there's youth there's hope
No matter how bad it seems
They knew that one day soon
They would achieve their dreams
(It was a dream, it was a nightmare)
When dad was a lad, he was bad
But check him out now, he's kinda sad
He came here to England, he thought he'd do well
He knew more about the English than he knew about himself
Question him on Africa, he'd give you some crap
About that place across the sea where all the people were black
Where they lived in grass houses, where they didn't wear clothes
Where every last person had a hole through their nose
But what did he care, he was in the UK
Where people co-existed in a civilised way
This kind of thinking, his brainwashed mind
Couldn't cope, he lost hope and now he's lost and blind
Forget about the future, he's just living for now
He tried to succeed, but he didn't know how
To deal with rejection at the sight of his face
All the isms and schisms concerning his race
He would stay here for 10 or 20 years at the most
Take his family home and live high post
When daddy arrived, that was his master plan
His wife was the woman and he was the man
But life was so hard it destroyed their souls
Some couples went mad, some reversed their roles
Young, gifted and black, they were a perfect team
But now they can't go back
They lost it all for a dream
(It was a dream, it was a nightmare)