Written by Michael McDonald
Fm6/G F/G C/G D7/G G7sus4 You don't know me but I'm your brother I was raised here in this living hell You don't know my kind in your world Fairly soon the time will tell C C7/Bb F/A Fm/Ab You, telling me the things you're gonna do for me C C7/Bb F/A Fm/Ab I ain't blind and I don't like what I think I see C/E F D7/F# C/G F6/A C/G Takin' it to the streets Takin' it to the streets Takin' it to the streets Takin' it to the streets F C D7 G7sus4 Take this message to my brother You will find him everywhere Wherever people live together Tied in poverty's despair C C7 F Fm C C7 You, telling me the things you're gonna do for me F Fm I ain't blind and I don't like what I think I see C/E F D7/F# C/G F6/A C/G Takin' it to the streets Takin' it to the streets Takin' it to the streets Takin' it to the streets