* featured artists on this album were jazz musicians
 [Carleen Anderson]
 Sights in the city got people cryin..

 Sights in the city got people cryin..
 Sights in the city got people dyin..
 Sights in the city got people cryin..
 Sights in the city got people dyin..
 In the city..

 [Guru]
 One Friday  little Emmitt reached his limit
 School was wack, he wasn't with it
 His man told him, that he could make some dough
 Deliverin packages, for Mac Money Joe
 so he said, "Cool.. yo I need a hustle
 Yo hook me up, plus I need a pistol or
 a .380, a two-two or a .25
 I'm gonna get large kid, I'm all the way live"
 But he was sadly mistaken
 Now he's locked up, he's doin time and he's thinkin

 [Carleen Anderson]
 Sights in the city got people cryin..
 Sights in the city got people dyin..
 In the city..

 [Guru]
 One Saturday, sweet Renee ran away
 Couldn't take moms yellin, didn't wanna stay
 Her girl told her, that she could get quick cash
 Goin on dates, for Pimp Daddy Nash
 She said, "Well I don't know, I gotta meet him
 You say he's fly, mmm? I gotta see him"
 The next thing you know she's out late nights
 Makin dollars for Nash, wearin her skirts tight
 Now she's a victim of the system
 Man what happened to her dreams, and her ambition?

 [Carleen Anderson]
 Sights in the city got people cryin..
 Sights in the city got people dyin..
 Sights in the city got people cryin..
 Sights in the city got people dyin..
 In the city..

 [Guru]
 Old Mr. Fillmore, he owns a grocery store
 It's a small little shop, the children call him Pop
 But of course he keeps a shotgun
 just for protection, cause he's got a little grandson
 On Sunday, while he was there cleanin
 He heard the front door slam, a lady screamin
 He grabbed the shottie and walked out from the back
 All he saw was two kids, wearin black ski masks
 He fired, they fired, all at the same time
 Now there's a funeral on Wednesay, a quarter to nine

 [Carleen Anderson]
 Sights in the city got people cryin..
 Sights in the city got people dyin..
 In the city.. in the city.. in the city..
 In the city! In the city.. in the city..
 In the city.. in the city.. in the city..
 In the city! In the city!

 [Guru]
 Many sights and sounds in the city, knahmsayin?
 People dyin, innocent victims
 The babies ain't got no future
 What are we gon' do? Brothers can't make a buck
 Mmm, just some of the sights and sounds, that's all
 Gues I'm just gonna get mine