2:23:00
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
2:23:03
I was the third brother
of five
2:23:06
Doing whatever I had to do
to survive
2:23:11
I'm not saying what I did
was all right
2:23:15
Tryin' to break out of the ghetto
was a day-to-day fight
2:23:19
Been down so long gettin' up
didn't cross my mind
2:23:23
But I knew there was a better way of life
and I was just trying to find
2:23:27
But you don't what you'll do
until you're put under pressure
2:23:31
Across 110th Street
is a hell of a tester
2:23:35
Across 110th Street
2:23:39
Pimps trying to catch
a woman that's weak
2:23:43
Across 110th Street
2:23:47
Pushers won't let
the junkie go free
2:23:51
Across 110th Street
2:23:56
Woman tryin' to catch
a trick on the street
2:23:59
Ooh, baby
Across 110th Street
2:24:05
You can find it all
in the street
2:24:13
Ooh
2:24:15
Ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh
Oh-oh-oh, ah
2:24:24
I got one more thing I'd like to talk
to y'all about right now
2:24:29
Hey, brother
There's a better way out
2:24:33
Snorting that coke, shooting that dope
Man, you're copping out
2:24:37
Take my advice
It's either live or die
2:24:41
You got to be strong
if you want to survive
2:24:45
The family
on the other side of town
2:24:49
Will catch hell
without a ghetto around
2:24:54
In every city you find
the same thing going down
2:24:58
Harlem is the capital
of every ghetto town