Streets Cry Freedom Lyrics - Badlands - Badlands

In the coldness of the city where the neon sleeps 

The streets show the pity and the nights run deep 

And every shadow seems to hold a hidden story 

And every heart, oh, is a refugee 

And the old ones hope and the lost ones scream 

The hustlers float and the young ones dream 

In the city livin' in the soul of the city 

And the streets cry, freedom, do you stand or retreat? 

As you stare by the neon Gods above 

While you bask in the heat 

And the streets cry freedom as the blood runs cold 

As you stare into the eyes of the walking ghosts 

Who've lost their souls 

In the summer's heat I'm weary in the soul of the city 

Potential's burning bright in the Harlem halls 

Have you ever lived looking down a shotgun barrel 

When they said hey boy, this ain't your home 

There ain't no cure for the bleeding heart 

'Cause when you fall 

There's no second start in the city 

There'll always be the soul of the city 

And the streets cry freedom as it burns in the heat 

As you stare by the neon Gods above 

While you bask in the heat 

And the streets cry freedom as the blood runs cold 

You stare into the eyes of the walking ghosts 

Who've lost their souls 

There is no reason for livin' in sin 

I don't believe when they say, "Hey boy, you better give in" 

You know I'll fight for what I know till the day that I die 

'Cause I'm better off dead then buried along with my pride 

And the streets cry freedom 

Till the day that I die, yeah 

Till the day that I die 

And the streets cry freedom 

Till the day that I die, yeah 

Till the day that I die, yeah 

Till the day that I die 

Till the day that I die 

Die, die, die, die, oh 

Streets cry freedom 

Potential's burning bright 

Till the day that I die 

Till the day that I die 

Till the day that I die 

Till the day that I die