USED CARS. . My sister's in the front seat with an ice. cream cone. My ma's in the back seat sittin' all alone. As my pa steers her slow out of the lot. For a test drive down Michigan Avenue. Now my ma she fingers her wedding band. And watches the salesman stare at my old. man's hands. He's telling us all about the break he'd. give us. If he could but he just can't. Well if I could I swear I know just what. I'd do. Now mister the day the lottery I win. I ain't ever gonna ride in no used car. again. Now the neighbors come from near and far. As we pull up in our brandnew used car. I wish he'd just hit the gas and let out. a cry. Tell `em all they can kiss our asses. goodbye. My dad he sweats the same job from. mornin' to morn. Me I walk home on the same dirty streets. where I was born. Up the block I can hear my little sister. In the front seat blowin' that horn. The sounds echoin' all down Michigan. Avenue. Now mister the day my numbers comes in. I ain't ever gonna ride in no used car. again.