Have you ever lived down in the ghetto? 
Have you ever felt the cold wind blow? 
If you don't know what I mean, 
Won't you stand up and scream? 
'Cause there's things goin' on that you don't know.

Too many lives they've spent across the ocean. 
Too much money been spent upon the moon. 
Well, until they make it right 
I hope they never sleep at night 
They better make some changes 
And do it soon.

They're [bad word] the air we breathe 
Lord have mercy. 
They're [bad word] us all, by and by. 
I'm telling you all beware 
I don't think they really care 
I think they just sit up there 
And just get high.

Written(s): Gary Rossington, Ronnie Van Zant