Uptown, downtown, all around

You can see it in their faces



In a '71 Chevy with the big mag wheels

We was crusin' the concrete, we was lookin' for deals

When in the rear view mirror what do ya think that we saw?

The long blue arm of the law



On a street called Desire in a town called Sin

We was lookin' for action and we found it again

There was a piece on the table, had to split on the double

'Cuz I was starin' at the business end of trouble



Every time has a purpose, every night has a day

And the daylight is better than those night time ways

Over my head in danger, buried under the rubble

I had been starin' at the business end of trouble



Don't like bein' in trouble

Lord, you took me outta trouble