Back in '78 I was a kid.
I didn't know shit and I never did.
When the summer got hot we prayed for rain,
But since the lights went out I've never been the same.
But when we got older i caught the guts,
Living in the park with the rests of the nuts.
But now I waver,I feel it heavy on my mind.
A lifesaver that's been on all the time.

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And she don't lie,she don't lie but I do.
And she don't know,she don't know but I do.

The boogie got blessed on the day of birth,
From Greenpoint Ave. across to Benson Hursh.
She keep my family together,keeps my foes at bay,
And when she's chillin' off the leash you better stay away.
I remember you and I,we used to chill on the stoop.
Now you got it goin' strong but I feel long in the tooth.
Girl,you got it goin' strong but I feel long in the tooth.

And I don't know what to feel anymore,
But I'm tryin',i'm trying to tell her.
And I don't know what to think anymore,
But I think,I think i outta build myself up now.

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