across 110TH street (studio original)

Title:Across 110th Street
Artist:Bobby Womack
Album:Jackie Brown

I was the third brother of five
Doing whatever I had to do to survive.
Im not saying what I did was alright
Trying to break out of the ghetto was a day to day
Been down so long getting up didnt cross my mind
I knew there was a better way of life that I was just trying to find
You dont know what youll do until youre put under pressure
Across 110th Street is a hell of a tester.
Across 110th Street
Pimps trying to catch a woman thats weak
Across 110th Street
Pushers wont let the junkie go free.
Across 110th Street
Woman trying to catch a trick on the street.
Across 110th Street
You can find it all in the street.
I got one more thing Id like to yall about right now.
Hey brother theres a better way out.
Snorting that coke shooting that **** man youre copping out
Take my advice its either live or die.

Youve got to be strong if you want to survive.
The family on the other side of town
Would catch hell without a ghetto around.
In every city you find the same thing going down
Harlem is the capital of every ghetto town.
Across 110th Street
Pimps trying to catch a woman thats weak
Across 110th Street
Pushers wont let the junkie go free.
Across 110th Street
A woman trying to catch a trick on the street ouh baby
Across 110th Street
You can find it all in the street.
Yes he can oh
Look around you just look around you
Look around you look around you uh yeah