Featuring Run D.M.C.
(intro)
There are 8 million stories in the naked city
8 million stories (x4)
(verse one Kurtis blow)
There are 8 million stories in the naked city
Some ice cold and told without pity
About the mean streets and the guetto culture
The pimps the pushers the sharks and vultures
Things that happen when it reaches dark
And all the things you hear about Central Park
You got to be down,you got to have strenght
If you’re gonna survive past 110th
Well it ain’t no thing when blood is spilled
The emergency ward is capacity filled
And nothin’ ever comes as a big surprise
And the naked city never closes its eyes
A new story every day
Told a thousand different ways
That’s how it is and that’s how it goes
The city with the 8 and six big O’s
New York is a crazy city man…..
Yo, my home boys Run DMC
(verse two Run DMC)
A young girl seemed to be gaining weight
Her parents all thought it was the food she ate
Their attitudes were all la-de-da-de
But little did they know there’s a baby in the body
She tried to hide it,but they’ll soon know
Because sooner or later that baby’s got to show
Can her daddy just accept it as a fact
That it wasn’t the meals and it wasn’t the snack
Then there’s another girl,her name is Vicki
The girl is fine,but sho’nuff tricky
Vicki’s fine,,but then she’s not very kind
She’ll lay you down and then she’ll rob you blind
You wake up in the morning and you’re feelin’ blue
Because Vicki is gone and your money is too
She’s more sinister than Peter Lorre
And this is just two of 8 million stories
8 million stories (x12)
(verse three Kurtis Blow)
Fresh kid and the stories complete
Born on a dim lit ghetto street
Father unknown,mother astray
He learned about life the real hard way
Wearin’ pretty things for all the ladies to see
Funky fresh diamonds and gold jewelry
Spent all his time just counting his bank
Because he’s a fly muh-ha-ha,now fill in the blank
Because he’s a fresh kid and his money’s long
Been the subject of a ghetto song
Poor kids admire,ladies desire
They say water can’t put out this fire