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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Roberta Flack
Roberta Flack
Vocals
Ron Carter
Ron Carter
Bass
Ray Lucas
Ray Lucas
Drums
John Pizzarelli
John Pizzarelli
Guitar
William Fischer
William Fischer
String Conductor
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Donny Hathaway
Donny Hathaway
Songwriter
Leroy Hutson
Leroy Hutson
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Joel Dorn
Joel Dorn
Producer
William Arlt
William Arlt
Recording Engineer
Bob Liftin
Bob Liftin
Mixing Engineer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Tryin' times is what the world is talkin' about
You got confusion all over the land
Mother against daughter, father against son
The whole thing is getting out of hand
[Verse 2]
But folks wouldn't have to suffer
If there was more love for your brother
But these are tryin' times
[Verse 3]
You got the riots in the ghetto
And it's all around
A whole lot of things that's wrong
Is going down
I don't understand it, my point of view
I remember somebody said "Do unto others
As you would have them do unto you"
[Verse 4]
And then folks wouldn't have to suffer
If there was more love
But these are tryin' times
[Verse 5]
People always talkin' about man's inhumanity to man
But what you tryna do to make this a better land?
Just pick up your paper, turn on your TV
You'll see a lot of demonstrations for equality
[Verse 6]
But folks, folks wouldn't have to suffer
If there was more love
But these are tryin' times, yeah
[Verse 7]
Tryin times is what the world is talkin' about
You got confusion all over
All over, over the land
Mother against daughter, yeah
Father against son
The whole thing is getting out of hand
Written by: Donny Hathaway, Leroy Hutson

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