[Intro]

1, 2, 3, 4

[Verse 1]

You pack your bags And you move to the city

There's somethin' missin' here at home

You fix your hair and you're lookin' real pretty

It's time to get it out on your own

You're always fightin' with your mama and you papa

Your family life is one big pain!

When you, you gonna move to the city?

Into the city where it all began

[Chorus 1]

You gotta move, you gotta move

Ma, ma, ma, ma, ma, ma, ma, ma, ma

Time you gotta move

Aw

[Verse 2]

You stole your mama's car

And your daddy's plastic credit card

You're sixteen and you can't get a job

You're not goin' very far

You're always ridin' with the teachers and the police

This such a life is too insane

When you, you gonna move to the city?

Into the city where it all began

[Chorus 2]

You gotta move, you gotta move

Ma, ma, ma, ma, ma, ma, ma, ma, ma

Time you gotta move

[Post-Chorus 1]

Right to the city Where the real men get it

Aw, child, ain't it a pity?

Sometimes it gets too shitty

Come on and hit me

[Verse 3]

You're on the streets And it ain't so pretty

You need to get a new what you please

You do what you gotta do for the money

At times you end up on your knees

[Pre-Chorus 3]

I'm always buyin' With the local and the junkies

This city life is one big pain!

But you, you had to move to the city

Into the city where it all began

[Chorus 3]

You gotta move, you gotta move

Ma, ma, ma, ma, ma, ma, ma, ma, ma

Time you gotta move

[Post-Chorus 2]

Right to the city With the real nitty gritty

Aw, child, ain't it a pity?

Sometimes it gets too shitty

Come on and hit me