Lyrics:
Upper Street

I tried to be the one I tried to give you what you need I thought we had it all but I couldn't really see I should have been there before Yeah, cos'

it comes from problems That he had in the past Doesn't like blacks Claims he's upper class Joined the police, got himself a badge Now he rolls the streets

on the street and we're screaming like kids The neighbors watch, well, let them talk I can't keep a stiff upper lip any more I can't keep a stiff upper

air. But they had that certain presence like the ether or the essence of the cleansing upper atmosphere. Laughing, loving, and without a doubt, they simply strode about the streets

'll stick to the lick that got me rich Slangin' this dick, the life of a player An old off the street pimp's con game An old off the street pimp's con

been eatin' me Recently off of this chest and I rest again peacefully But at least have the decency in you to leave me alone When you freaks see me out in the streets

and then a n-gga get home sick pick up the phone, holla at my partner he telling em, be warned a lot of sh-t been changing the time you?ve been gone the streets

be (Cloud nine) You ain't got no responsibilities And every man, every man is free (Cloud nine) You're a million miles from reality, reality I wanna say upper, higher, upper

man I put away those, childish things Did you not know that your environment has shaped you? Where you were born, in the projects, in the ghettoes In the upper