Last night and the night before

The thunder crowed and the rooster roared

I woke up sweating on somebody's floor

You know how the story goes


The dirty streets, they can be so mean

Everybody trying to live so clean

Me, I'm stuck here in between

And it's a fine line


Down on monkey hill

Saw a brother screaming on the corner

Talkin' 'bout some low down dirty shame

And he said

Gonna get so high that I just don't know my name


Between the buildings and the alleyways

That's where the living is done

Where the young boys chase the dragon

That's where flesh and steel are one


Down on monkey hill

Saw another brother testifying this morning

Talkin' 'bout how he lost everything

And he said

Gonna get so high that I just don't know my name


Everybody's talking shit and jivin'

Hard to tell which is which

Dealers and healers

Businessmen and bankers

They all be scratchin' that itch


Down on monkey hill

Saw another brother testifying this evening

Talkin' ‘bout how he left his soul in DeNang

And he said

Gonna get so high that I just don't know my name

Gonna get so high

I don't know my name

Down on monkey hill