Ghetto fight yah don't wanna start a riot yet
  No not alone or in these clothes
  But they just won't listen to me
  Maybe I'm too young or down right naive
  Ain't got no time for your rigid rules
  Ain't got no time for the gutter or to booze
  I made the escape to L.A. I can't just run away
  I got to think about tomorrow and the very next day
    Ghetto fight yah don't wanna start a riot yet
  No not alone or in these clothes
  The old town wanted me to stay
  But I knew that it's only gonna have its way
  They scrub the streets cuz they're filthy
  Can't trust no one cuz they're all guilty
  So I sit and overheat surrounded by the sound of the city street
    Red light on the wall now it makes me think about
  Who got the culprit and who got the shake
  What you gonna do when you're thrown back in jail
  Don't worry 'bout the rent now you gotta pay bail
    There's that girl down on Nuclear Blvd.
  Got a guy outside her window and he's beating up the yard
  He can't sleep on the street
  Here come the HBT
  They're gonna give him the sweep