Ghetto Defendant

Starved on Metropolis Hooked on Necropolis Addict of Metropolis Do the worm on Acropolis Slamdance the Cosmopolis Enlighten the populace Hungry darkness of living Who will thirst in the pit Hooked in Metropolis She spent a lifetime deciding How to run from it Addict of Metropolis Once fate had a witness And the years seemed like friends Girlfriends Now her child has a dream But it begin like it ends Shot into eternity Methadone kitty Iron serenity Ghetto Defendant It is heroin pity Not tear gas nor baton charge That stops you taking the city Strung out committee Walled out of the city Clubbed down from uptown Sprayed pest from the nest Run out to Barrio Town The guards are itchy Forced to watch at the feast Then sweep up the night Flipped pieces of coin Broken bottles Exchanged for birthright Graphted in a jiffy Ghetto Defendant It is heroin pity Strung out committee Not tear gas nor baton charge That stops you taking the city Not sitting pretty Graphted in a jiffy Strung out committee Not tear gas nor baton charge To stop you taking the city The ghetto Prince of gutter poets Was bounced out of the room Jean Arthur Rimbaud By the bodyguards of greed For disturbing the tomb 1873 His words like flamthrowers Paris Commune Burnt the ghettos in their chests His face painted whiter And he was laid to rest Died in Marseille Ghetto Defendant Buried in Charleville It is heroin pity Not tear gas nor baton charge To stop you taking the city Shot into eternity It is heroin pity Not tear gas nor baton charge To stop you taking the city Guatemala, Honduras, Poland, the Hundred Years' War TV re-running living Death squads, Salvador Afghanistan, meditation Old Chinese flu Kick junk. What else can a poor worker do? Ghetto Defendant It is heroin pity Not tear gas nor baton charge To stop you taking the city It is heroin pity Not tear gas nor baton charge To stop you taking the city