Lyrics Curtis Mayfield

Curtis Mayfield

Future Shock

Future shock

Ooh, hoo...

Hey, little sister

Where's your brother

See your mother

Standing on the soup line

God bless your father

Ain't got the strength

To be bothered

The almighty world

Hear me now

Whisper on

To weigh him down

We got to stop all men

From messing up the land

When won't we understand

This is our last and only chance

Everybody, it's a future shock

Future shock, future shock

Future shock, future shock

All worldly figures

Playing on niggers

Oh, see them passing

See how they're dancing

To the superfly

Oh, ain't it wrong

When you don't know

Where we come from

Dancing in our youth

Dying at the truth

It ain't over

(over, over, ain't over)

Future shock, future shock

The price of the beat

Higher than the dope in the street

Is it any wonder

For those with nothing to eat

We got to stop all men

From messing up the land

When won't we understand

This is our last and only chance

Everybody, it's a future shock

Future shock, future shock

Future shock, future shock