If At First You Don't

It Was A Way Out Of Poverty. It Was A Way To Success. It Was A Way To Education. And It Was A Way To A Brighter Day For Me.

I Think That A Man Should Be Caring.

It's Hard To Have A Friend When Your Name's A Household Word.

I Was Directed And Commanded By Another Power. The Power Of Darkness. The Power That You've Heard So Much About. The Power That A Lot Of People Don't Believe Exists. The Power Of The Devil. Satan.

Black People Lived Right By The Railroad Tracks And The Train Would Shake Their Houses At Night. I Would Hear It As A Boy And I Thought: I'm Gonna Make A Song That Sounds Like That.