Where's LA? Whatever happened to the city we knew? Tell my mother, my brothers My father, and others In an old apartment Down in the garden I was born on a sunny day When the riots ruled the streets like a Sunday parade

Sneakin' down the back streets No I won't, say no I've been holdin' out I've been hiding from the light As soon as love finds me (when it finds me) And as soon as love finds me I will go But no longer, can I hide my eyes From the city night

Get up, I get down Get up, I get When it comes to being true, at least true to me One thing I found, one thing I found Oh no you never let me down Yo, first I snatched the streets then I snatched the charts First I had they ear, now I have their heart

We can leave the night on Girl, you got the beat right, killin' in your Levis High on your loving's got me buzzin' like a streetlight We'll find a road with no name, lay back in the slow lane We'll be rolling down the windows, I bet you we're catchin'

Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh I’m fairly local, I’ve been around I’ve seen the streets you're walking down I’m fairly local, good people now It’s the few, the proud, and the emotional Yo, this song will never be on the radio Even if my clique were to pick

If you're shoe shopping, walk a mile with me Slip a Cinderella slipper right on your feet Take my arm, strut down the street tonight (Strut down that street tonight) If you're downtown on the browse about Looking for the perfect fit, how's about Some

Down the road came a Junco Partner For he was loaded as can be He was knocked out, knocked out loaded He was a'wobblin' all over the street Singing six months ain't no sentence And one year ain't no time I was born in Angola Serving fourteen to ninety

Do your thang (go), do your thang (go) Lil' Sally Walker walkin' down the street She didn't know what to do, so she jumped in front of me I said go on, girl, do your thang (go) Go on, girl, do your thang (go), do your thang (go), stop (go) Go on, girl,

Pretty woman, give your smile to me Pretty woman, walking down the street Pretty woman, the kind I like to meet Pretty woman, I don't believe you, you're not the truth No one can look as good as you Pretty woman, won't you pardon me? Pretty woman, I

On the border I'm out on the border Don't you tell me 'bout your law and order I'm try'n' to change this water to wine Oh oh, I'm out on the border Cruisin' down the centre of a two way street Wondering who is really in the driver's seat Mindin' my