Uptown Babies

See the little lad, selling kisko?
 Shouting, "Kisko pops, kisko pops
 Kisko pops, kisko pops"
 See the little lad, selling Star?
 Shouting, "Star news, read the news
 Read the news, read the news"
 He is doing it you see
 To help his mummy pay the fee
 For little junior to go to school
 Uptown babies don't cry
 They don't know what hungry is like
 Uptown babies don't cry
 They don't know what suffering is like
 They have mummy and daddy
 Lot's of toys to play with
 Nanny and granny
 Lots of friends to stay with
 Uptown babies don't cry
 They don't know what hungry is like
 Uptown babies don't cry
 They don't know what suffering is like
 They have mummy and daddy
 Lot's of toys to play with
 Nanny and granny
 Lot's of friends to stay with
 Hear that little baby crying?
 Yes she's crying, she's crying
 She's crying because she's hungry
 You can hear her mama saying
 "It ain't easy, ain't easy
 Ain't easy when you're poor, you see"
 And speaking of life in the ghetto
 Where survival is the motto
 And putting it to you:
 Poverty is a sin
 Uptown babies don't cry
 They don't know what hungry is like
 Uptown babies don't cry
 They don't know what suffering is like
 They have mummy and daddy
 Lot's of toys to play with
 Nanny and granny
 Lot's of friends to stay with
 Uptown babies don't cry
 They don't know what hungry is like
 Uptown babies don't cry
 They don't know what suffering is like
 They have mummy and daddy
 Lot's of toys to play with
 Nanny and granny
 Lot's of friends to stay with
 Uptown babies don't cry
 Don't cry, don't cry
 (Mummy and daddy)
 They don't know what suffering is like
 (Mummy and daddy)
 Uptown babies don't cry
 Don't cry, don't cry
 (Mummy and daddy)
 They don't know what suffering is like