White houses in neat little rows   Contrasting against the sky   Tumble down black shacks over the tracks   Children so hungry they could cry   The chrome the steel, the metal dream   Leaving the teeth which will rot   The escapist young mind left behind   Saving dimes for community pot      Better get straight   You better, you better get straight, babe   I feel you better get straight right now   You better get it   You better, you better get straight baby      They're crying out for love all the time   But they fail to see the neighbors eyes   The TV is on the six o'clock news   And the channels are full color lies   Company meets, the president speaks   He's young but his bones creak   Young girl dresses for the high school dance   And the guy next door is dying for a peek      Get straight, you better   Yeah you better get straight, baby   Oh, did you get what I say?   I say it to you   That you , you better   You better get it, babe   You better, you better get straight, yeah   Before it's too late      They put the Bible in the drawer of the motel room   And its crying out to be read   But is stays right there collecting dust   No one understands whats being said   Lovers make love in concrete boxes   What will tomorrow bring?   They've been told that its wrong but they don't give a damn   Soon another life it will bring      You better get straight baby   Yeah, You   You better get straight baby   Oh and I think I'd better get myself together too, babe   You know what I mean?   I've been angry so very long   I want to fly right here   I want to do it all right   I want to get it get it baby   You better get it, you better get it   You better get straight right now   Because I've been told   And I'm telling you baby   Pass it on   Its really good advice