Downtown

Lyrics

[Verse 1] Survival is the name of the game downtown It`s not a place to be if you don`t know your way around Cause they don`t play around in this part of town Last night this kid was found In an alley with a bullet in the back of his head Over what? A bottle of crack and he`s dead And everyone claimed that they didn`t see nothing But, yo, somebody had to see something But don`t ask the man with the big brown bag in his hand He eat food outta garbage can Cause he will start telling ya gory old war stories About how he served his country Served as sergeant, got the Purple Heart Now he`s living on the street, trying not to starve But he don`t want a job, he just wants to be left alone In his home street home: downtown [Hook] X4 (Do-do-downtown!) Downtown [Verse 2] I was taking a bus one day last week And I missed my stop cause I fell asleep But when I woke up and took a look around I found that I have wound up uptown Hopped off the bus and stepped on the pavement All I could do is stare in amazement I mean, the grass was clean, the streets were clean I`ve read about it but I've never seen It with my own eyes And everything`s true and Everything`s brand spanking new, man! If I had a chance to live this good You know I would But in my neighborhood there`s not enough unity To clean up the community But collectively if we took responsibility It would be a better place to be Downtown [Hook] X4 (Do-do-downtown!) Downtown [Verse 3] Clubs, discos, neon lights Gangs of lawbreakers and crime filled nights Females are fine but the fellas are fools They have one problem, following rules They`re… always unruly This Italian on my block call me a moolie The pushers and pimps all walk with limps And the kids are trying to break necks to get a glimpse Of the fat gold chains or the funky fresh cars Neighborhood drug czars are treated like stars Peter got a beeper and he thinks he`s cool So cool that he even brought a gun in the school Yo, why did you bring a tool? Who`s you gonna shoot? But he says that his neighborhood is like Beirut And something`s ALWAYS going down When you live in downtown [Hook] X4 (Do-do-downtown!) Downtown [Outro] [?], Harlem, South Side Chi-Town, Compton