I was the third brother of five
Doing whatever I had to do to survive
I'm not saying what I did was alright
Trying to break out of the ghetto was a day to day fight
Been down so long, getting up didn't cross my mind
I knew there was a better way of life that I was just trying to find
You don't know what you'll do until you're put under pressure
Across 110th Street is a hell of a tester
Across 110th Street
Pimps trying to catch a woman that's weak
Across 110th Street
Pushers won't let the junkie go free
Across 110th Street
Woman trying to catch a trick on the street
Across 110th Street
You can find it all in the street
I got one more thing I'd like to y'all about right now
Hey brother, there's a better way out
Snorting that coke, shooting that dope man you're copping out
Take my advice, it's either live or die
You've got to be strong, if you want to survive
The family on the other side of town
Would catch hell without a ghetto around
In every city you find the same thing going down
Harlem is the capital of every ghetto town
Across 110th Street
Pimps trying to catch a woman that's weak
Across 110th Street
Pushers won't let the junkie go free
Across 110th Street
A woman trying to catch a trick on the street
Across 110th Street
You can find it all in the street
Look around you, look around you
Look around you, look around you
Bobby Womack (Robert Dwayne Womack) è stato un cantautore e chitarrista statunitense, considerato uno dei pilastri del soul e dell'R and B. Nato a Cleveland, Ohio, nel 1944, iniziò la sua carriera musicale all'età di 10 anni come membro della band familiare, The Womack Family Singers. Dopo aver raggiunto il successo con i suoi primi album negli anni '60, Bobby Womack ha consolidato la sua fama negli anni '70 e '80 con brani soul influenzati dal funk e dalla musica rock. Tra le sue canzoni più famose figurano "Across 110th Street", "If You Think You're Lonely Now" e "Lookin' for a Love". Womack ha collaborato con artisti di spicco come Janis Joplin, The Rolling Stones e Damon Albarn dei Gorillaz. La sua musica è stata influenzata da diverse culture musicali, dal gospel al blues, passando per il jazz e la musica classica. Bobby Womack è morto nel 2014 a Los Angeles, lasciando un'eredità musicale di grande valore.
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