歌手: Masta Ace
时长: 04:57
The Other Side Of Town - Masta Ace[00:00:00]
Excuse me ladies and gentlemen sorry to bother you today my name is[00:00:04]
Joe and um I'm not on crack I don't do drugs I'm just trying to get[00:00:10]
Something to eat if you can give just a penny a nickel a dime a[00:00:15]
Quarter anything will be greatly appreciated thank you for your time [00:00:21]
And have a nice day [00:00:25]
How do you do [00:00:39]
I'm from the other side of town[00:00:41]
The place where the only skin you see is the color brown[00:00:42]
The sun never shines in this place where I live[00:00:44]
And it's hard to do right when you feel negative[00:00:47]
I have no compassion[00:00:50]
I only know agression[00:00:51]
And there is nothing great about this opression[00:00:52]
People I see on tv in there towns live the good life[00:00:55]
But I live out of bounds[00:00:58]
Where nobody comes unless they're forced to come[00:01:00]
In school they call me the bum from the slum[00:01:02]
But they don't know[00:01:04]
My sista has no food to eat[00:01:05]
And her hand-me-down shoes are too tight for her feet[00:01:07]
The way I see things life isn't fair[00:01:09]
So I never learned how to share or to care[00:01:12]
But to hope - and hope[00:01:14]
Instead of feeling down[00:01:15]
And that's how it is[00:01:16]
On the other side of town[00:01:18]
I live on the other side of town[00:01:28]
Pardon me brotha[00:01:58]
As you stand in your glory[00:02:00]
I hope you don't mind as I tell the whole story[00:02:01]
Some people livin life like fun in the sun[00:02:04]
But yo others are givin strife and that's all they know[00:02:06]
I feel no comfort in talks from the president[00:02:08]
So put back on cosby[00:02:11]
A shack is my resident[00:02:12]
I think if I ever die it might be a blessin[00:02:13]
Some say I never try but why are they stressin[00:02:16]
I'll never get ahead; my raps have a better chance[00:02:18]
I'm livin on wonder bread with holes in my leather pants[00:02:21]
I'm not on the drug scene; they call me a crack head[00:02:23]
I just had a bugged dream that I was a black man[00:02:26]
Workin in the hospital[00:02:28]
Then in came in a half-dead rich b**ch[00:02:30]
Yo they must be insane[00:02:32]
You think I would save her [00:02:33]
Yo she wouldn't save me[00:02:34]
I asked for a quater once and guess what she gave me[00:02:36]
A f**kin penny[00:02:38]
A quarter costs half a mill[00:02:39]
If it's up to me yo she's pushin up dafodils[00:02:41]
In a casket[00:02:43]
Payback's a female dog[00:02:44]
Yo send her a** to the morgue[00:02:46]
Then I woke up and I sat with a frown[00:02:48]
Damn I woke up[00:02:51]
But on the other side of town[00:02:52]
The other side of town[00:02:57]
My teacher's a fat man[00:03:18]
Yo how can they tempt me so[00:03:19]
F**k geometry my stomach is empty yo[00:03:20]
Can't you teach me to win this crazy game [00:03:23]
You and I are in so many ways the same[00:03:25]
People tell me but I don't believe that sh*t[00:03:28]
Why do you sell me a dream then leave me spit [00:03:30]
The truth is bare and so is my cupboards too[00:03:33]
I wonder what could even l ron hubbard do[00:03:35]
Because my mind right now is on the brink of breakin[00:03:37]
Yo look how I think[00:03:41]
I think I'll stick up the store with the arab guy[00:03:43]
I'm sick of him anyway; his prices are too high[00:03:45]
Or maybe I'll start sellin avon door-to-door[00:03:47]
Then pull a jammy and make a bigger score[00:03:50]
Nah maybe I'll start sellin d**e for my cous[00:03:52]
Then I could drive the same car he does[00:03:55]
The life of a poor man[00:03:57]
Consider me desperate[00:03:58]
I sleep in a cold room[00:03:59]
And wish I could just get[00:04:01]
A piece of the pie[00:04:02]
Is that asking too much [00:04:03]
I can't even reach what others have in their clutch[00:04:04]
I wish I could go on but I have to end this[00:04:07]
And get back to livin a life that is winless[00:04:09]
There's no use swimmin so I might as well drown[00:04:12]
In my sorrows[00:04:14]
Cause tomorrow's the other side of town[00:04:15]
The other side of town[00:04:26]
The other side of town[00:04:36]