Were just slum kids, and we know it,
And we never stood a chance
We were dragged up from the gutter,
From the wrong side of the tracks

So how dare you criticize,
When you dont know what its like
To be dragged up from the gutter,
From the wrong side of the tracks

Why do rich kids get all the breaks,
While the poor slum kids have to work, sweat, struggle and slave?
Why, lord, theres so much injustice in this world?
Slum kids never stand a chance

Look at all the slum kids all around you,
Oh, they never stood a chance
We were dragged up from the gutter,
From the wrong side of the tracks

Why do rich kids get all the breaks,
While the poor slum kids have to work, sweat, struggle and slave?
Why, lord, theres so much injustice in this world?
Slum kids never stand a chance

Look at all the slum kids all around you,
Oh, they never stood a chance
We were dragged up from the gutter,
From the wrong side of the tracks

So how dare you criticize,
When you dont know what its like
To be dragged up from the gutter,
From the wrong side of the tracks