Release: April 29, 1994

Lyrics:

Ha, yeah. I know what you're all thinking

That this is some old Janet Jackson type of shit

But it ain't about that

This is the real, the street life trauma

Yo I grew up rough in the streets of Boston Massachusetts

Lived real ruthless a wild kid out to get a bid

Did some shit that he never shoulda did but he paid the price lived real trite

Ruined his life and lived by the knife

Had to learn the hard way

That some day you gotta pay

So what the hey, I say

Prince Ital Joe:

Life in the streets isn't easy

All I see is pain and misery

I kneel and pray for the betrayed

Strength and protection to survive in the society

This is the life in the streets

And that's how we live it

This is the life in the streets

And that's how we live it

Marky Mark:

Hard and mean at sixteen, livin' like a beamin' theme

Out scheming for the green

Quick to kill, I gets ill, I make ya blood spill

I cut ya throat for your goose-down coat

Cuz statistics show that kids with no dough

Ain't got no chance, got nowhere to go

That's why life on the streets is like a trifler beat

It'll echo in ya head till you're dead on the concrete

Prince Ital Joe:

Life in the streets is a mystery

Don't know my friends from my enemies

Up to lot it could be trouble

But I'll hold tight and I will never never give up the fight

Songwriter:

This one is dedicated to all the homeless people

To every youth that's growin' up on the streets

You know, we're living for a dream one day

that there'll be no more homeless people in the world

Life in the streets is not easy

Alex Christensen / Frank Peterson / Joseph Paquette / Mark Wahlberg

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