A mother cries, tired of the struggle of tryin to get her babies fed

(What she gonna do)

She dries her eyes, thinking of the future and dreams of better days ahead

Nights on the factory floor, barely living wages but workin til her fingers bled

(What she gonna do)

All with the hope of building somethin different from what our brother Marvin said

Ooh child

what we gonna do, uh huh

(there's gotta be somethin betta)

Ooooo child

The things we put you through, uh huh

(there's gotta be somethin betta to do)

Often time i cant help but wonder how we got so far astray

(what we gonna do)

Folks at the top are wildly out of touch of how the people livin day to day

Dont seem so odd, that we have the expectation to get somethin for the tax we pay

(what we gonna do)

with our hearts we look toward tomorrow and know there's Got to be a better way

Ooh child

what we gonna do, uh huh

(there's gotta be somethin betta)

Ooooo child

The things we put you through, uh huh

(there's gotta be somethin betta to do)

Wade in the water

Wade in the water children

Wade in the water

(We gonna trouble it)

You know we’re gonna trouble it

Ooh child

what we gonna do, uh huh

(there's gotta be somethin betta)

Ooooo child

The things we put you through, uh huh

(there's gotta be somethin betta to do)