Material World
by Tracy Chapman
From the album: Crossroads
Track 4 of 10 on Crossroads (1989).
Duration: 3:02
Lyrics for Material World
You in your fancy Material world Don't see the links of chain Binding blood Our own ancestors Are hungry ghosts Closets so full of bones They won't close Call it upward mobility But you've been sold down the river Just another form of slavery And the whole man-made white world Is your master You in your fancy Material world Create in your own image A supreme god Your Virgin Mary Your holy Ghosts Claimed to be pure of heart Have hands that are stained with blood Call it upward mobility But you've been sold down the river Just another form of slavery And the whole man-made white world Is your master You in your fancy Material world Don't see the links of chain Binding blood Our own ancestors Are hungry ghosts Closets so full of bones They won't close Call it upward mobility But you've been sold down the river Just another form of slavery And the whole man-made white world Is your master You in your fancy Material world Don't see the links of chain Binding You in your fancy Material world Don't see the links of chain Binding You in your fancy Material world Don't see the links of chain Binding