Sand on the galvanized fence
It's so intense in the ghetto
Seventeen year old girls in stilettos
Bad boy on the corner
Thinking of ways to make money
He's frustrated it ain't funny
Fast cash might loose his life today
A bet you think it's paradise
Coconut tree and rum on ice
But everything round here not so nice
It's an up and down kind of life
All this hard work and all this sacrifice
You don't give a damn what lays beneath
All this hard work always patronize
You don't understand what lays beneath
It's so intense in the ghetto
Seventeen year old girls in stilettos
Bad boy on the corner
Thinking of ways to make money
He's frustrated it ain't funny
Fast cash might loose his life today
A bet you think it's paradise
Coconut tree and rum on ice
But everything round here not so nice
It's an up and down kind of life
All this hard work and all this sacrifice
You don't give a damn what lays beneath
All this hard work always patronize
You don't understand what lays beneath