A cover of Nina Simone's cover of Baltimore from the perspective of a Londoner. 

Lyrics:

Beat-up little seagull

On a marble stair 

Lookin' find the ocean

Searchin' everywhere 

Hard times in the city In a hard town by the Thames

Ain't nowhere to run to

There ain't nothin' here for free

Looker on the corner 

Waiting for a train 

Drunk, lying on the pavement

And sleeping in the rain 

And the people hide their faces

And they close their eyes

London's dyin'

And they don't know why

As Londoner 

Why's it hard just to live?

As Londoner

Ain't it hard just to live?

Just to live

Get my sister Temi and my little brother Seun

Get a big old g-wagon

And take us away 

Move out of the country

For our quality of life

Never gonna come back here

'Til pigs will fly

Oh Londoners 

Ain't it hard just to live?

Us Londoners 

We are trying to live

Us Londoners 

We are trying to live

Trying to live