Wildside Lyrics - Singles - Marky Mark

Ah yeah huh American the beautiful 

huh yeah let me introduce y'all to the wildside 

Annie was a high school cheerleader 

Pom poms and bobby socks and no girl was sweeter 

Come prom time everybody was on the line 

All the fellas singing nickel and dime 

Tales about love and lust and trust 

But Annie took it in all in stride 

Cause deep inside annie had aspirations 

Wanted to be a chemical engineer 

making 50 to 55 thousand a year 

Her first year of college was a success 

but along came Billy possessed and obsessed 

He took Annie on a fatal date 

and showed her things that made heart beats accelerate 

Annie took a hit breathed two short breaths 

one for life the last for death 

Now she's gone a former valedictorian 

Ended up becoming a topic for historians 

Washed up dreams, shattered pride 

All because Annie took a hit on the wildside 

(Chorus) 

Ron had enough of being broke every day 

saying to himself. There's gotta be a better way 

cause 9 to 5 wasn't worth the headaches 

So ron figured out a faster way to make money 

Before you know it, he's a rich man 

Gold on every finger of his hand 

A brand new BMW. A condo. Ron ended up a john doe 

A body was found in the alley but never claimed 

Full of bullet holes but none to blame 

Ron became another victim of homicide 

because he chose to walk on the wildside 

(Chorus) 

Charles had everything going for him 

A top paying job a good life. A good wife 

A baby boy on the way any day 

A gentleman attitude is all he displayed 

Carol was the wife he loved and adored 

Her family and friends treated him like an ambassador 

One night on the other side of town 

A police dispatcher picked up a weird sound 

Charles on the car phone asking for help 

Claiming a burglar shot his wife and himself 

His pregnant wife lay slumped over 

Dreams corrupt and a young life over 

Extensive searches throughout the projects 

put a lot of people through misery and wreck 

Everyone a suspect till someone was found 

Interrogated cause their skin was brown 

Then there was Benny, guilty until proven so 

but soon as the case started moving slow 

what do you know, sure as a sea gull gets webbed toed 

Charles was the culprit 

The whole plot was an insurance scam 

Charles and his brother came up with a plan 

Kill carol collect a big check 

Blame it on a black man. What the heck! 

And just before the story was known 

Charles had a feeling his cover was blown 

so he jumped off a bridge 

Committed suicide 

This is how it is on the wildside! 

(Chorus) 

Little Tiffany. Only thirteen 

Came to the city. Place of big dreams 

Visiting family and friends for the summer time 

Sitting on a mailbox, watching the boys climb trees 

and the girls play hopscotch 

So far her vacation was top notch 

But of the blue a Mercedes at top speed 

Gang bangers chasing the robbers on the stampede 

Quick as a blink shots rang out loud 

and a hail of bullets zipped through the crowd 

One hit Tiffany and instantly she died 

Innocently on the wildside