| About the boys in the sleazy backstreets?
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| 'Bout the girls with their dirty minds?
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| (Have you heard)
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| What goes on in those seedy dance halls?
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| 'Bout painted ladies getting paid for bad times?
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| (Have you heard)
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| 'Bout the pimps that spend your money?
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| 'Bout the dirty backside of life?
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| (Have you heard)
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| About diseases? |
| It ain’t funny
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| Well, I heard that it ain’t no lie
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| (Have you heard)
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| What goes on in the streets of downtown?
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| It’s enough to turn your head
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| (Have you heard)
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| About the boys taking cars and running
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| Through the lights as they turn red?
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| (Have you heard)
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| About the streets where death lies waiting
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| For the girl who’s out too late at night?
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| (Have you heard)
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| About the killer that they say is hidin'
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| Waitin' for another chance to strike?
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| Sleazy times bought cheap and easy
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| Security is denied
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| You’ll be lucky if they let you live
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| In these crazy times
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| What to do when the blows come crashin'
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| And the world seems to get you down?
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| (Have you heard)
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| In the state, the violence is risin'
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| Though they try, they can’t cool it down
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| (Have you heard)
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| About the sex and drugs they’re sellin'
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| Down on Sunset Boulevard?
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| (Have you heard)
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| About the dealer whose wings got broken
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| When he tried to take a cop for a ride?
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| (Have you heard)
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| About the judge whose place got raided?
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| In ten years time, they’re gonna let him out
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| Sleazy times bought cheap and easy
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| Security is denied
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| You’ll be lucky if they let you live
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| In these crazy times
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| What to do when the blows come crashing
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| And the world seems to get you down?
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| (Have you heard?)
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| (Have you heard?)
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| (Have you heard?)
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| (Have you heard?)
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| Everybody’s, everybody’s rappin' about it
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| (Have you heard?)
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| Oh, baby, it’s all over town
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| (Have you heard?)
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| Everybody, everybody, everybody’s singin' about it
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| (Have you heard?)
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| It’s all over, all over
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| All over, all over
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| (Have you heard?) |