Special dedication,
special dedication,
Unto this third generation,
eh -eh, eh -eh
It seems that them sick or them sad
or them lost the love that
I've give to them, eh -eh
It seems a dem sick or dem sad,
a dem love the love God have give to dem
An uptown girl, yeah,
an d a downtown girl, yeah
Life story, life story
I said an uptown girl
life is different from a downtown girl,
yeah
I said an uptown girl
life is different from a downtown girl,
yeah
Because an uptown girl
have no clothes to wear
and no money to spend
I say she don't have to
worry at all
because life to her is no problem
She just go to school
and learn the golden rule
No man can take her for fool
Cause her mother and her father
already teach her the rules
An uptown girl, yeah, an uptown girl,
yeah, an uptown girl
Life is different from a downtown girl,
yeah
Because a downtown girl
have no food to eat
and no money to spend, yeah
She's living in a one -room apartment
with a bag of children
Man pick shoes, then them refuse,
she is always abused
Her life in jeopardy,
oh lord her life ain't easy
A downtown girl, yeah,
a downtown girl,
yeah, a downtown girl
Life is different from a up town girl, yeah
An uptown girl, yeah, an uptown girl,
yeah, an uptown girl
Life is different from a downtown girl,
yeah
Special dedication,
unto this third generation
It seems all dem sick or dem sad,
all dem lost the love that I've give to dem
It seems all dem sick, all dem sad,
all dem lost,
the love that I've give to dem
An uptown girl, yeah
A uptown girl, yeah
An uptown girl
Life is different from a downtown girl
Because an uptown girl
Life is different from a downtown girl
I said an uptown girl
Life is different from a downtown girl
I don't done girl, yeah