Downtown

[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