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-acap