Rich Get Richer chords and lyrics - THE O'JAYS

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[Verse 1]
[Am]I wa[Em]nt eve[F]ry[E]body to listen[Am] I want
to [Em]talk about the rich and the super rich
[F]The poor and the super poor
[E]Come on, come on, come on,
come on, come on
Let's [Am]talk about it,
talk about [G]it, talk about it, talk about it
You [Am]said, you said, you [G]tell 'em,
you tell [Am]'em[G][Am][G]
[Am]The people w[C]ho live [G]on the h[Am]ill
Don't have [G]time for the [Am]ghetto, [C]no
[G]No they [Am]don't, [G]wait, listen
[Am]But they m[C]ake [G]money
[Am]From the people who [G]live
In the [Am]ghetto, yeah
[G]Yes they [Am]do, you see them
You see [G]them, you see them
And [Am]every time you see them
[C]They're [G]stylin' and profilin'
[Am]Always tryin' to get more[G]
[Am]Hold that little [G]man down
Why [Am]don't they,
why don't they let [C]him [G]live?
[Am]Ooh, [G]let him [Am]live,
let him live [G]I just wanna
There's a [C]rich kid with job,
[G]and for fun[F][E]
He ain't too proud to follow
where I'm go[Am]ing
[C]Yes [G]the[Am]y do
[G]There's only [Am]16 families
[G]that control the [Am]whole world
[C]I r[G]ead that in a book[Am] y 'all[G]
I said it's [Am]sixteen [C]families that
[G]control this who[Am]le wor[C]ld
[G]People like the
[Am]Mellons, the
[C]Gettys, the
[G]DuPonts, the
Rockefellers,
[Am]Howard
Hughes
[G]They've always been on the [Am]world,
can they [C]lose?[G][Am][G]
They never [Am]lose, never lose
[G]Just because the [C]rich get richer
[G]and the [F]poor [E]get weaker
Oh yeah, [Am]oh yeah, ye[C]ah, ye[G]ah
[Am]Talk about it, talk [C]about it,
[G]do you understand?
Ain't [D]nothing wrong with being rich
Just be rich through and through
Don't get caught up in that spotlight
[C]Please [E]don't let money change you
[Am]There's an old friend of m[C]ine
[G]He's doing [Am]good, real good,
mat[C]ter of [G]fact
[Am]He don't know me n[C]ow
[G]But I can take him [Am]way,
way, [C]way, way [G]back
Now, now,
[Am]don't forget where [C]you [G]come from
Don't for[Am]get where you come from
[G]You've got to know tha[Am]t ain't right
[C]For some [G]people to have
[Am]more than enough
[C]When [G]you've got, you've got,
you've got
[Am]People [C]starving, [G]babies crying
[Am]People living [C]just [G]for[Am] a d[G]olla[Em]r
[Am]That's tough, [G]tough luck
That's what [Am]they say now
I [C]know there's got to [G]be a better way
[Am]People living in o[C]ne -room[G] shacks
[Am]We've been on [C]top of each
oth[G]er back then
[Em]that's [Am]top, well, [C]top love
Oh
[G]Lord, that's what the[Am]y say
I know, [G]I know, that's gotta be
The [Am]rich, [C]well, got[G]ta be
The [Am]poor, well, [C]yeah, [G]su per well
[Am]Don't forget where [C]you come from
[G]Don't [Am]forget where you come from
you