Across 110th Street

This song, I wanna talk to the hustlers out there

You know, you cats doing your thing, you know what I'm saying?

Well, there's a better way, you know what I'm saying?

I just wanna talk to you, just listen to me right now

Mmm, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh

Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh

I was the third brother of five

Doing whatever I had to do to survive

I'm not saying what I did was alright

Trying to break out of the ghetto was a day-to-day fight

Been down so long, getting up didn't cross my mind

But I knew there was a better way of life

And I was just trying to find

You don't know what you do until you're put under pressure

Across 110th Street, it's a hell of a tester, listen

Across 110th Street

Pimps trying to catch a woman that's weak

Across 110th Street

Pushers won't let the junkie go free, yeah

Across 110th Street

A woman trying to catch a trick on the street, ooh, baby

Across 110th Street

You could find it all in the street, yeah, yeah

Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh

Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh

I got one more thing I wanna talk to y'all about right now

If you don't mind, oh, oh, oh

Hey, brother, there's a better way out

Snorting that coke, shooting that dope, man, you're copping out

Take my advice, it's either live or die

But you gotta be strong if you wanna survive

The family on the other side of town

Would get help without a ghetto around

In every city, you'll find the same thing going down

Harlem is the capital of every ghetto town, listen

Across 110th Street

Pimps trying to catch a woman that's weak

Across 110th Street

Pushers won't let the junkie go free, oh

Across 110th Street

A woman trying to catch a trick on the street, ooh, baby

Across 110th Street

You could find it all in the street, yes, you can, yes, you can

Oh, oh, oh, oh