Downtown L.A. - Live 1993

Downtown L.A. is a depressing place
You can see young men with deep lines in their face
They could all be something if somebody cared
But nobody knows they're even down there
Old woman walking with a sack on her back
Picking up the garbage people put out back
Men down there trying to walk the line
Trading their soul for a bottle of wine

In the inner city it ain't no good
It's a long, long way from Hollywood
Bad kind of people got a hold of the street
They got something that the poor people need
Prop up the front the back falls down
All around the canyons of L.A. town
It's the law of the jungle with a gun and a knife
If you stay long enough, you lose your life

In the inner city it ain't no good
It's a long, long way from Hollywood
Bad kind of people got a hold of the street
They got something that the poor people need
Prop up the front the back falls down
All around the canyons of L.A. town
It's the law of the jungle with a gun and a knife
If you stay long enough, you lose your life