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.

You gotta move, You gotta move,
Ma,ma,ma,ma,ma,ma,ma,ma,ma.
Time you gotta move.

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 life is much too insane!
When you, you gonna move to the city?
Into the city where it all began.

You gotta move, You gotta move,
Ma,ma,ma,ma,ma,ma,ma,ma,ma.
Time you gotta move,
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!

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!

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.

You gotta move, you gotta move,
Ma,ma,ma,ma,ma,ma,ma,ma,ma.
Time you gotta move,
Oh 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!