Huh yeah let me introduce y'all to the wildside
Annie was a high school cheerleader
Pom poms and bobby socks and no girl was sweeter
Come prom time everybody was on the line
All the fellas singing nickel and dime
Tales about love and lust and trust
But Annie took it in all in stride
Cause deep inside annie had aspirations
Wanted to be a chemical engineer
Making 50 to 55 thousand a year
Her first year of college was a success
But along came Billy possessed and obsessed
He took Annie on a fatal date
And showed her things that made heart beats accelerate
Annie took a hit breathed two short breaths
One for life the last for death
Now she's gone a former valedictorian
Ended up becoming a topic for historians
Washed up dreams, shattered pride
All because Annie took a hit on the wildside
[Chorus:]
Ron had enough of being broke every day
Saying to himself. There's gotta be a better way
Cause 9 to 5 wasn't worth the headaches
So ron figured out a faster way to make money
Before you know it, he's a rich man
Gold on every finger of his hand
A brand new bmw. A condo. Ron ended up a john doe
A body was found in the alley but never claimed
Full of bullet holes but none to blame
Ron became another victim of homicide
Because he chose to walk on the wildside
[Chorus:]
Charles had everything going for him
A top paying job a good life. A good wife
A baby boy on the way any day
A gentleman attitude is all he displayed
Carol was the wife he loved and adored
Her family and friends treated him like an ambassador
One night on the other side of town
A police dispatcher picked up a weird sound
Charles on the car phone asking for help
Claiming a burglar shot his wife and himself
His pregnant wife lay slumped over
Dreams corrupt and a young life over
Extensive searches throughout the projects
Put a lot of people through misery and wreck
Everyone a suspect till someone was found
Interrogated cause their skin was brown
Then there was Benny, guilty until proven so
But soon as the case started moving slow
What do you know, sure as a sea gull gets webbed toed
Charles was the culprit
The whole plot was an insurance scam
Charles and his brother came up with a plan
Kill carol collect a big check
Blame it on a black man. What the heck!
And just before the story was known
Charles had a feeling his cover was blown
So he jumped off a bridge
Committed suicide
This is how it is on the wildside!
[Chorus:]
Little Tiffany. Only thirteen
Came to the city. Place of big dreams
Visiting family and friends for the summer time
Sitting on a mailbox, watching the boys climb trees
And the girls play hopscotch
So far her vacation was top notch
But of the blue a Mercedes at top speed
Gang bangers chasing the robbers on the stampede
Quick as a blink shots rang out loud
And a hail of bullets zipped through the crowd
One hit Tiffany and instantly she died
Innocently on the wildside
Ah yeah huh American the beautiful Huh yeah let me introduce y'all to the wildside Annie was a high school cheerleader Pom poms and bobby socks and no girl was sweeter Come prom time everybody was on the line All the fellas singing nickel and dime Tales about love and lust and trust But Annie took it in all in stride Cause deep inside annie had aspirations Wanted to be a chemical engineer Making 50 to 55 thousand a year Her first year of college was a success But along came Billy possessed and obsessed He took Annie on a fatal date And showed her things that made heart beats accelerate Annie took a hit breathed two short breaths One for life the last for death Now she's gone a former valedictorian Ended up becoming a topic for historians Washed up dreams, shattered pride All because Annie took a hit on the wildside [Chorus:] Ron had enough of being broke every day Saying to himself. There's gotta be a better way Cause 9 to 5 wasn't worth the headaches So ron figured out a faster way to make money Before you know it, he's a rich man Gold on every finger of his hand A brand new bmw. A condo. Ron ended up a john doe A body was found in the alley but never claimed Full of bullet holes but none to blame Ron became another victim of homicide Because he chose to walk on the wildside [Chorus:] Charles had everything going for him A top paying job a good life. A good wife A baby boy on the way any day A gentleman attitude is all he displayed Carol was the wife he loved and adored Her family and friends treated him like an ambassador One night on the other side of town A police dispatcher picked up a weird sound Charles on the car phone asking for help Claiming a burglar shot his wife and himself His pregnant wife lay slumped over Dreams corrupt and a young life over Extensive searches throughout the projects Put a lot of people through misery and wreck Everyone a suspect till someone was found Interrogated cause their skin was brown Then there was Benny, guilty until proven so But soon as the case started moving slow What do you know, sure as a sea gull gets webbed toed Charles was the culprit The whole plot was an insurance scam Charles and his brother came up with a plan Kill carol collect a big check Blame it on a black man. What the heck! And just before the story was known Charles had a feeling his cover was blown So he jumped off a bridge Committed suicide This is how it is on the wildside! [Chorus:] Little Tiffany. Only thirteen Came to the city. Place of big dreams Visiting family and friends for the summer time Sitting on a mailbox, watching the boys climb trees And the girls play hopscotch So far her vacation was top notch But of the blue a Mercedes at top speed Gang bangers chasing the robbers on the stampede Quick as a blink shots rang out loud And a hail of bullets zipped through the crowd One hit Tiffany and instantly she died Innocently on the wildside Explain Request ×
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