Jackie Brown movie - Across 110th Street lyrics

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Song by Womack, Bobby<br /><br>

I was the third brother of five,<br>

Doing whatever I had to do to survive.<br>

I'm not saying what I did was alright,<br>

Trying to break out of the ghetto was a day to day fight.<br>

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Been down so long, getting up didn't cross my mind,<br>

I knew there was a better way of life that I was just trying to find.<br>

You don't know what you'll do until you're put under pressure,<br>

Across 110th Street is a hell of a tester.<br>

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Across 110th Street,<br>

Pimps trying to catch a woman that's weak<br>

Across 110th Street,<br>

Pushers won't let the junkie go free.<br>

Across 110th Street,<br>

Woman trying to catch a trick on the street.<br>

Across 110th Street,<br>

You can find it all in the street.<br>

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I got one more thing I'd like to y'all about right now.<br>

Hey brother, there's a better way out.<br>

Snorting that coke, shooting that dope man you're copping out.<br>

Take my advice, it's either live or die.<br>

You've got to be strong, if you want to survive.<br>

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The family on the other side of town,<br>

Would catch hell without a ghetto around.<br>

In every city you find the same thing going down,<br>

Harlem is the capital of every ghetto town.<br>

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Across 110th Street,<br>

Pimps trying to catch a woman that's weak<br>

Across 110th Street,<br>

Pushers won't let the junkie go free.<br>

Across 110th Street,<br>

A woman trying to catch a trick on the street, ouh baby<br>

Across 110th Street,<br>

You can find it all in the street.<br>

Yes he can, oh<br>

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Look around you, just look around you,<br>

Look around you, look around you, uh yeah.<br>

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