intro
Bm7 Em7 F#m7
Ooh Ooh-ooh

Bm7 Em7 F#m7
Ooh ooh ooh Ooh-ooh

verse
Em7
I was the third brother of five

Bm7
Doing what i could to survive

Em7
I'm not saying what i did was alright

Bm7
Trying to break out of the ghetto is a day to day fight

Em7
Been down so long, getting up didn't cross my mind,

Bm7
I knew there was a better way of life that I was just trying to find.

Em7
You don't know what you'll do until you're put under pressure,

Bm7
Across 110th Street is a hell of a tester.

chorus
G A
Across 110th Street,

F#7 Bm7
Pimps trying to catch a woman that's weak

G A
Across 110th Street,

F#7 Bm7
Pushers won't let the junkie go free.

G A
Across 110th Street,

F#7 Bm7
Woman trying to catch a trick on the street.

G A
Across 110th Street,

F#7
You can find it all in the street.

Bm7 Em7 F#m7
Ooh Ooh-ooh

Bm7 Em7 F#m7
I got one more thing I'd like to y'all about right now.

(same chords as verse)
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.