The Other Side Of Town Lyrics - Singles - Master Ace

Excuse me, ladies and gentlemen. sorry to bother you today. my name is 

Joe. and, um, I'm not on crack, I don't do drugs, I'm just trying to get 

Something to eat. if you can give just a penny, a nickel..a dime, a 

Quarter..anything will be greatly appreciated. thank you for your time... 

And have a nice day. 

How do you do? 

I'm from the other side of town 

The place where the only skin you see is the color brown 

The sun never shines in this place where I live 

And it's hard to do right when you feel negative 

I have no compassion 

I only know agression 

And there is nothing great about this opression 

People I see on tv, in there towns live the good life 

But I live out of bounds 

Where nobody comes unless they're forced to come 

In school, they call me the bum from the slum 

But they don't know 

My sista has no food to eat 

And her hand-me-down shoes are too tight for her feet 

The way I see things, life isn't fair 

So I never learned how to share or to care 

But to hope - and hope 

Instead of feeling down 

And that's how it is 

On the other side of town 

I live on the other side of town 

Pardon me, brotha 

As you stand in your glory 

I hope you don't mind as I tell the whole story 

Some people livin life like fun in the sun 

But yo, others are givin strife, and that's all they know 

I feel no comfort in talks from the president 

So put back on cosby 

A shack is my resident 

I think if I ever die, it might be a blessin 

Some say I never try, but why are they stressin 

I'll never get ahead; my raps have a better chance 

I'm livin on wonder bread with holes in my leather pants 

I'm not on the drug scene; they call me a crack head 

I just had a bugged dream that I was a black man 

Workin in the hospital 

Then in came in a half-dead rich bitch 

Yo, they must be insane 

You think I would save her? 

Yo, she wouldn't save me 

I asked for a quater once, and guess what she gave me 

A fuckin penny 

A ? quarter? costs half a mill 

If it's up to me, yo, she's pushin up dafodils 

In a casket 

Payback's a female dog 

Yo, send her ass to the morgue 

Then I woke up, and I sat with a frown 

Damn, I woke up 

But on the other side of town 

The other side of town 

My teacher's a fat man 

Yo, how can they tempt me so 

Fuck geometry, my stomach is empty, yo 

Can't you teach me to win this crazy game? 

You and I are in so many ways the same 

People tell me, but I don't believe that shit 

Why do you sell me a dream, then leave me spit? 

The truth is bare, and so is my cupboards, too 

I wonder what could even l. ron hubbard do 

Because my mind right now is on the brink of breakin 

Yo, look how I think 

I think I'll stick up the store with the arab guy 

I'm sick of him anyway; his prices are too high 

Or maybe I'll start sellin avon door-to-door 

Then pull a jammy, and make a bigger score 

Nah, maybe I'll start sellin dope for my cous 

Then I could drive the same car he does 

The life of a poor man 

Consider me desperate 

I sleep in a cold room 

And wish I could just get 

A piece of the pie 

Is that asking too much? 

I can't even reach what others have in their clutch 

I wish I could go on, but I have to end this 

And get back to livin a life that is winless 

There's no use swimmin, so I might as well drown 

In my sorrows 

Cause tomorrow's the other side of town 

The other side of town 

The other side of town