Ashley Griggs - Crime to be Poor lyrics

I saw deadwood laying in the water when I went down to New Orleans. They had bad times but not like this before. I thought about the people they give it all for the family. Here’s to the people of New Orleans. I saw dead streets but a lot of meek people. When I went down to New Orleans After the storm nobody came for days They give it all for music the tourists come to see All the beautiful people of New Orleans Sometimes in this world it’s a crime being poor Sometimes in this world it’s a crime. Sometimes in this world it’s a crime being poor Sometimes in this world well that’s a crime Louisiana could be the richest state in the USA There’s oil in the Gulf of Mexico New Orleans I walked those streets and I happened to meet Some beautiful people there I saw fear in the eyes of the brave When I went down to New Orleans Desperation makes a man a man Finding food to eat well that ain’t a crime Everybody rise up down in New Orleans Sometimes in this world it’s a crime being poor Sometimes in this world it’s a crime. Sometimes in this world it’s a crime being poor Sometimes in this world well that’s a crime