There's a tumult on the side street
And you wake up with a bang
It's a Tom and Huck version
Of a ghetto gang
The natives are restless
There's a war dance on
They've been beating the cans all morning long
City in heat
It's like a carnival
Down in the street
City in heat
If you got the revenue
You got it beat
Bad beat down
When the tight skirts start to wiggle
And the women got their cheeks sucked in
There's a fistful of trouble
From the corner din
There's a push and shove
For a piece of the action
If you don't put out, you can't get no satisfaction
City in heat
It's like a carnival
Down in the street
City in heat
If you got the revenue
You got it beat
Bad beat down
City in heat
It's like a carnival
Down in the street
City in heat
If you got the revenue
You got it beat
Bad beat down
City in heat
It's like a carnival
Down in the street
City in heat
If you got the revenue
You got it beat
Bad beat down
City in heat
It's like a carnival
Down in the street
City in heat
If you got the revenue
You got it beat
Bad beat down