The Ave-Run-D.M.C.

[ti:The Ave] [ar:Run-DMC] [al:Original Album Classics] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The Ave - Run-DMC [00:18.22]These are the words that I wrote so I hope that ya don't man [00:20.79]I'll never joke about the coke that you're smokin' [00:23.73]Understand you're f**kin' up f**kin' up the block [00:26.04]Got shot rocked and that's just where the sh*t stops [00:29.70] [00:33.27]What's the meaning of this I must be dreaming [00:35.99]Everybody's when I see men dealing [00:38.55]For a rhyme or rope or a dime of coke [00:40.99]Sometimes I rhyme when I'm crying broke [00:43.59]Many many many records broke laws broke jaws [00:45.85]A few months ago I had to pause during that time me and my man [00:50.97]Was chilling on the corner with a quart in our hands [00:53.52]A beef broke out at Soul Kitchen spot [00:55.78]It was crazy Baby Pop someone got shot [00:58.41]I seen him drop then came the cops sayin' [01:01.21]"Nobody run everybody stop" I wanted to run [01:04.59]'Cause I was carryin' my gun [01:05.90]Darryl Mack packin mine strapped with my nine [01:08.47]Everyone on the wall that's what the cop said [01:10.97]"Everyone complied except Bald Dread" he said [01:13.65]"Blood cleat boi me nah hafa deal wit' dat [01:16.22]Yo I'm a superstar for de world dem call I'm Darryl Mack" [01:18.22] [01:18.86]I turned around and said "Word up cop " [01:20.98]He said "D M C take your a** down the block" [01:23.61]If it happened to him it could happen to you [01:26.11]'Cause that's what's happenin' on The Avenue [01:28.92]When I uh uh uh uh uh na na na na na The Ave [01:35.05] [01:48.98]Now on The Ave what people steal and they dealin' away [01:51.74]I got the feelin' the illin' will never ever pay [01:54.23]'Cause on the street you're never in the fast lane [01:56.61]You go to jail or get a bullet in your brain [01:59.30]People laugh and smile at a stick up [02:01.74]A young man in a rut shakin' a big cup [02:04.36]People pass his a** and say "Tough luck" [02:06.73]To waste time for a dime is cold f**ked up [02:09.42]A loud shot in the air not rare [02:11.86]A brother fell to the ground nobody cares [02:14.42]You ask why the baby cry a man laugh [02:17.00]Nobody give a damn that's how they livin' on The Ave uh [02:21.06] [02:39.69]Away from The Ave they have what's called the backstreet's [02:42.00]Another world of girls that crawl the backseats [02:44.68]Systems that are kickin' sinkin' many black beats [02:47.50]This and that goin' on street [02:49.25]I remember the time there was a jam in the music [02:52.18]No till after dark that's when the sh*t starts happening [02:57.43]Brother from The Ave this and that again [02:59.31]Body move in the back and a quarter in the jar [03:01.93]Find the rules by the basketball court in the park [03:04.43]And the by the bench where the 40 dogs spark [03:07.06]The crowd crowds around like they found Noah's Ark [03:09.50]The young hung and swung on a swing [03:12.19]Glidin' and slidin' and ride the ding a ling [03:14.63]I didn't see a kid by the see so he saw [03:17.19]Near the monkey bars funky cars we adore [03:19.51]I'm throwin' fate to the gate [03:21.06]And my man from Japan got wicked for sure [03:24.50]Do me a favor when you roll with your crew [03:27.06]You gotta check out check out The Avenue