If you're on the block You better watch your back Some one might sneek up Thirsty for what you have You ride around on a little bike Casting your lot around Philadelphia, you got it on lockdown But theres no way that this atmosphere Wont corrode with fear On those milky nights You're spending with that bike My man what was that sound Stratching the walls around Your hear is hanging down You know that its just a trick of light The days and nights that crowd up your sun Philadelphia, Philadelphia Aint it funny how times can change Arrangements re-arrange The man you trust with your life Is looking at you sideways now In a week you'll be off the street A coup with the cops and the beats My man you were slipping up You know its all over now The days turn dark and streetlights come on Philadelphia, Philadelphia