Wildside - Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch

[00:02.37]Ah yeah huh America the Beautiful
[00:10.74]Huh yeah let me introduce y'all to the Wildside
[00:23.41]Annie was a high school cheerleader
[00:24.92]Pom poms and bobby socks no girl was sweeter
[00:27.35]Come Prom time everybody was on the line
[00:30.23]All the fellas swinging nickel and dime
[00:32.09]Tales about love and lust and trust
[00:34.4]But Annie took it all in stride
[00:35.96]Cause deep inside Annie had aspirations
[00:41.73]Wanted to be a chemical engineer
[00:43.55]Making 50 to 55 thousand a year
[00:45.8]Her first year of college was a success
[00:48.3]But along came Billy possessed and obsessed
[00:50.67]He took Annie on a fatal date
[00:52.62]And showed her things that make heartbeats accelerate
[00:54.99]Annie took a hit breathed two short breaths
[00:57.4]One for life the last for death
[00:59.66]Now she's gone a former Valedictorian
[01:02.04]Ended up becoming a topic for historians
[01:04.28]Washe up dreams and shattered pride
[01:06.42]All because Annie took a hit - on the Wildside
[01:36.22]Ron had enough of being broke everyday
[01:38.28]Saying to himself there's gotta be a betta way
[01:40.54]Cause 9 to 5 wasn't worth the headaches
[01:42.83]So Ron figured out a faster way to make - money
[01:45.93]Before you know it he's a rich man
[01:47.93]Gold on every finger of his hand
[01:49.740005]A brand new BMW a condo Ron ended up a John Doe
[01:53.91]A body was found in the alley but never clained
[01:56.869995]Full of bullet holes but none to blame
[01:58.93]Ron became another victim of homicide
[02:01.62]Because he chose to walk - on the Wildside
[02:30.79001]Charles had everything going for him
[02:32.86]A top paying job a good life a good wife
[02:35.55]A baby boy on the way any day
[02:37.68]A gentleman attitude is all he displayed
[02:39.78]Carol was the wife he loved and adored
[02:41.94]Her family and freinds treated him like an Ambassador
[02:44.72]One night on the other side of town
[02:46.48]A police dispatcher picked up a weird sound
[02:48.81]Charles on the car phone asking for help
[02:50.98]Claiming a burglar shot his wife and himself
[02:53.59]His pregnant wife lay slumped over
[02:55.52]Dreams corrupted and a young life over
[02:57.95999]Extensive searches throughout the projects
[03:00.11]Put a lot of people through misery and wreck
[03:02.49]Everyone a suspect til someone was found
[03:05.24]Interrigated cause their skin was brown
[03:07.18]Then there was Bennett guilty until proven so
[03:09.73]But soon as the case started moving slow
[03:11.92]What do you know sure as as sea gull gets webbed toed
[03:14.98]Charles was the culprit
[03:16.66]The whole plot was an insurance scam
[03:18.6]Charles and his brother came up with a plan
[03:21.1]Kill Carol collect a big check
[03:23.13]Blame it on a black man what the heck
[03:25.37]And just before the story was known
[03:27.63]Charles had a feeling that his cover was blown
[03:29.88]So he jumped offa bridge
[03:31.38]Committed suicide
[03:32.72]This is how it is - on the Wildside
[03:57.66]Little Tiffany only thirteen
[03:59.52]Came to the city place of big dreams
[04:01.77]Visiting family and friends for the summertime
[04:03.88]Sittin' on a mailbox watchin' the boys climb trees
[04:06.81]And the girls play hopscotch
[04:08.38]So far her vacation was top notch
[04:10.55]Then out of the blue a Mercedes at top speed
[04:13.3]Gang bangers chasin' the robbers on the stampede
[04:15.35]Quick as a blink shots rang out loud
[04:16.99]And a hail of bullets zipped through the crowd
[04:19.96]One hit Tiffany and instantly she died
[04:22.96]Innocently on the Wildside