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, I knew there was a better way of life that I was just trying to find. You don't know what you'll do until you're put under pressure, Across 110th Street is a hell of a tester.
Across 110th Street, Pimps trying to catch a woman that's weak Across 110th Street, Pushers won't 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 I'd like to y'all about right now. 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. You've 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 that's weak Across 110th Street, Pushers won't 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
I was the third brother of five Doing whatever I had to do to survive I'm not saying what I did was all right 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 that I was just trying to find You don't know what you'll do until you're put under pressure Across 110th Street is a hell of a tester
Across 110th Street Pimps trying to catch a woman that's weak Across 110th Street Pushers won't let the junkie go free Across 110th Street Woman trying to catch a trick on the street, ooh, baby Across 110th Street You can find it all in the street
Ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh, oh-oh-oh
I got one more thing I'd like to talk to y'all about right now
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 You got to be strong if you want to survive
The family on the upper side of town Would catch hell without a ghetto around In every city you'll find the same thing going down Harlem is the capital of every ghetto town Help me sing it
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 can find it all In the street Yes, you can
Oh, look around you, look around you Look around you, look around you Yeah Yeah
Well, looks like I'm going again I can't seem to believe myself Here I go again, Here I go again Here I go again Listen to me now
It's five o'clock AM and the party Is still going strong, there's a Conversation going in the corner Big Ed is all on the lawn And the FM music is groovin' Folks getting down, getting down In their stocking feet Sleepy eyes are peeping From the window across the street
And it looks like daylight's Gonna catch me up again Most people like getting up When I'm just getting in Oh, its the only, only time It seems to be the only time When I can unwind
Swore to myself Time and time, and time again That I would give up the nightlife And start layin' in But it ain't easy no, no Sayin' no to my friends ‘Cause the real ‘Cause the real set don't get started ‘Till everyone else is in
And it looks like daylight's Gonna catch me up again Most people like getting up When I'm just getting in Oh, its the only, only time It seems to be the only time When I can unwind
Girl, you're welcome...stop on by You know I'll be here, baby To dry your eyes, to dry your eyes But I'm gettin' tired of being that second guy Don't you be no fool, baby You 'bout to lose your old standby
Is it the material things that he's givin' Can you truly say that you're happy livin' True love, I'm the one that's giving I'm tryin' to keep from hurtin' your feelings Oh, baby, stop on, stop on, stop on by
Girl, you're welcome, stop on by One day, one day, one day one day, one day I might even want to make you cry Don't take for granted I'll always be there ‘Cause there's some woman somewhere That could truly need me (think about it, baby)
Is it the material things that the man is givin' Can you truly say that you're happy livin' True love, I'm the one that's giving I'm tryin' to keep from hurtin' your feelings Oh , stop on, stop on, stop by, stop on by
Everybody claims that they want the best things outta life Ha, but not everyone, not everyone wanna got through the toils and strifes
Like this particular fellah, walks around all day long singin' this song Sha na lah dah dah lah dah dah dah dah
Harry Hippie, lies asleep in the shade Life don't bug him cause he thinks he's got it made He never worry about nothin' in particular Oh, he might even sell free press on Sunset
I'd like to help a man when he's down but I can't help him much when he's sleepin' on the ground
He's like a bottle in water Harry just floats through life Walks around all day long singin' this song Whoa, whoa, whoa, oh yeah
Mary Hippie, she's Harry's lady Panhandles money just to feed Harry's baby She can lie down a story so incredible Man, you wanna help her take the food home and put it on the table
I'd like to help a man when he's down But I can't help ya, Harry If you wanna sleep on the ground. Sorry Harry, you're too much weight to carry around
But he still walks around all day singin' this song Sha dah dah dah sha nah nah nah nah nah Nah sha lah lah lah lah dah dah dah
Street child, street child Tell me where will you be goin' When old man winter gets his horn and starts blowin' Will you hang around LA Or hitch a ride on a freeway Meet an old familiar face in a new place
I'd like to help a man when he's down But how can I help him if he's somewhere outta town Sorry Harry, think I'm gonna put you down Sha dah dah dah sha dah dah dah dah Sha lah lah lah lah dah dah dah Everybody help me sing this song, oh yeah
Well, once I lived the life of a millionaire Spending my money, no, I didn't care Takin' my friend John out for a mighty good time Buyin' high-priced liquor, champagne and wine
Then I began to fall so low Didn't have a friend, nor no place to go If I get my hands on a dollar again I'm goin' to hold on to it until the eagle grins
Soon as I get back up on my feet again Everybody wants to be my long-lost friend It's might strange, without a doubt Nobody wants you when you're down and out
Lord, soon as I get up on my feet again Everybody wants to be my long-lost friend It's mighty strange, without a doubt Nobody wants you when you're down and out That's what I mean when you're down and out
I was the third brother of five Doing whatever I had to do to survive I'm not saying what I did was all right 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 that I was just trying to find You don't know what you'll do until you're put under pressure Across 110th Street is a hell of a tester
Across 110th Street Pimps trying to catch a woman that's weak Across 110th Street Pushers won't let the junkie go free Across 110th Street Woman trying to catch a trick on the street, ooh, baby Across 110th Street You can find it all in the street
Ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh, oh-oh-oh
I got one more thing I'd like to talk to y'all about right now
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 You got to be strong if you want to survive
The family on the upper side of town Would catch hell without a ghetto around In every city you'll find the same thing going down Harlem is the capital of every ghetto town Help me sing it
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 can find it all In the street Yes, you can
Oh, look around you, look around you Look around you, look around you Yeah Yeah
I was the third brother of five Doing whatever I had to do to survive I'm not saying what I did was all right 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 that I was just trying to find You don't know what you'll do until you're put under pressure Across 110th Street is a hell of a tester
Across 110th Street Pimps trying to catch a woman that's weak Across 110th Street Pushers won't let the junkie go free Across 110th Street Woman trying to catch a trick on the street, ooh, baby Across 110th Street You can find it all in the street
Ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh, oh-oh-oh
I got one more thing I'd like to talk to y'all about right now
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 You got to be strong if you want to survive
The family on the upper side of town Would catch hell without a ghetto around In every city you'll find the same thing going down Harlem is the capital of every ghetto town Help me sing it
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 can find it all In the street Yes, you can
Oh, look around you, look around you Look around you, look around you Yeah Yeah
Huh, you know life is funny When you look at It Everybody wants love But everybody’s afraid of love
You know I’m a true believer That if you get anythlng out of life You've got to put it wlth The toils and strife
How listen, hooo You’re pushlng my love A little bit too far I don’t thlnk you know I don’t thlnk you know How blessed you are
And your friend, Annie Mae Tell you all she see Have you ever thought She was trying to get Close to me, yeah
Think it over Think it over, girl Think it over
Look That’s the way I feel about cha That’s the way I feel about cha And If that’s being weak For you, darling, yeah I don’t mlnd, I don’t mind I don’t mlnd, I don’t mind
That’s the way I feel about cha Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh That’s the way I feel about cha
I know you been hurt And so has many others too But that’s a sacrifice That lIfe puts you through Puts you through, puts you through
Trust in me, my dear Have no fear You don’t know but God might have sent me here Yeah, sent me here
Think it over Think it over You better think it over
Hmm, oh, yeah, yeah yeah, yeah.
That’s the way I feel about cha That’s the way I feel about cha Let me say, yeah, yeah That’s the way I feel about cha Whoa, oh, oh, oh That’s the way I feel about cha
I knew, I knew You know, you know you know, you know I
That’s the way I feel about cha Well, that’s the way I feel about cha
Please, please Please answer love if it Ever comes knocking at your door ’Cause what’s out there knocking, baby The world don’t give enough of Don’t give enough of
I know you’ve been hurt And so has others too But all you got to do Is ask about the changes That life has put themn through
Lord, have mercy this is just the way it is Listen
Don’t take my love As a sign of weakness Check into the situation, girl Dig a little bit deeper
That’s the way I feel about cha Oh, that’s the way That’s the way I feel about cha
That’s the way I feel about cha (That’s the way, that’s the way) That’s the way I feel about cha
That’s the way I feel about cha (I wanna testify) That’s the way I feel about cha
That’s the way I feel about cha (So if I’m weak for you and I don’t light up, well) That’s the way I feel about cha
Let me say it, say it, say it Say it, say it, say it That’s the way I feel about cha...
Fellas I wonder would you mind if I talked to ya for a minute. You know, sometimes we have the tendency, or should I say we forget, what a woman needs every now and then. That is, if you wanna keep your thing together. Listen to me now
Do the things that keeps the smile on her face Say the things that make her feel better everyday Then you got to stay on your Ps and Qs If you don't, the woman you can easily lose
Whoa, oh, I had a love and I lost her And no one can help me share the pain that she caused me Oh, a woman's gotta have it I believe, she's gotta know that she's needed around When you kiss her, you gotta make her feel it Every time boy, She wants to know that she's not walkin' on shaky ground
Oh, yeah Well, think it over Think it over, my brother Don't take for granted the smile on her face Check a little bit closer, you might find a tear trace Maybe the girl might never say a mumbling word But you gotta make sure that her voice is heard
Whoa, oh, I had a love and I lost her And no one can help me share the pain that she caused me Oh, a woman's gotta have it I believe, she's gotta know that she's needed around When you kiss her, you gotta make her feel it Every time boy She wants to know that she's not walkin' on shaky ground
So if you've got a love And you wanna keep her You got to give her what she wants when she wants it Where she wants it And how she wants it Every doggone time she feels she needs it What I'm tryin' to say A woman gotta have it Hey, hey, hey, a woman gotta have it
I've got somethin' I wanna talk about to you Just another communication It could help the situation It's not the generation That keep gettin' on this nation
What I say, what I say What I say, what I say
We've made this world what it is today For the way we live and what we do and say The pitiable show in the eye of need You close my eyes every time I don't see
What I'm sayin', what I'm sayin' Well, look at here
Disgusting one another But still callin' me your brother
And listen to me now Now if you believe in what I am sayin' I'll be back, take a slam
Like I say, like I say, like I say Say, like I say, like I say
All we need is just a little communication That could make this world a better nation Just like the preachers congregation They're all in to his conversation
What I say, what I say
Oh, Lord, good God Don't put down your brother On the way he dress I am gettin' tired And sick of your mess
Ooh, and if you believe Oh Lord, I know you believe in what I am sayin' And I want every man to take a stand
All you gotta to is help me Help, help, help me Why don't you help me? Help me, help me, help me sing this song
Just a little communication Just a little communication If you see your brother fallin' down Give him a chance to make him come around
Got to, got to You've got to, I've got to I've got to, you've got to, you've got to Everybody, come on now
Know it's gonna take me back to [incomprehensible] Do it again
Need just a little communication You can help this situation It's got the, it's got the new generation Just keep on tellin' down this nation
Communicate, it's a family affair Communicate, it's a family affair Communicate, baby
I know you hear me talkin' to you I know you hear me talkin' to you
I'm lookin' for? I'm lookin' for ?I'm lookin' for ?I'm lookin' for? Oh yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah? She might be over here somewhere I'm gonna find her
Come and get it I'm lookin' I gotta find a love I'm just lookin' for I'm just gonna keep on lookin'
I'm lookin' for a love I'm gonna find her oh yeah Gotta keep on lookin' I need someone to walk by my side I've gotta find someone(I'm lookin' for a love I'm lookin' for a love
I'm gonna find I've got to find someone
I'm lookin' for Everyday I'm lookin' for a love Well I'm ?And I'm lookin' here and there? And I'm searching everywhere? And I'm lookin'? I'm lookin'? I'm lookin' ?I'm lookin'
I'm lookin' for a love? Lookin' for a love ?Well now? And I'm lookin' here and there? Searching everywhere? Gotta, gotta, gotta? I've gotta ?I've gotta find someone
Someone to get up in the mornin'? And rub my head? Someone to fix my breakfast? And bring it to my bed? Someone to do a little housework? And back with me again? Yeah? With lots of love and kisses? And ???? ?But right now oooooh? I'm lookin' for a love, yes sir? Everyday of my life? And I'm lookin' here and there? And I'm searching everywhere? And I'm lookin' ?I'm lookin' ?I'm lookin'? I'm lookin'
I'm lookin' for? I'm lookin' for ?I'm lookin' for ?I'm lookin' for? Oh yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah? She might be over here somewhere ?I'm gonna find her
Come and get it ?I'm lookin' I gotta find a love? I'm just lookin' for? I'm just gonna keep on lookin'
I'm lookin' for a love? I'm gonna find her oh yeah ?Gotta keep on lookin' ?I need someone to walk by my side? I've gotta find someone
