Last night and the night before
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The thunder crowed and the rooster roared
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I woke up sweating on somebody's floor
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You know how the story goes
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The dirty streets, they can be so mean
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Everybody trying to live so clean
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Me, I¡¯m stuck here in between
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And it's a fine line
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Down on monkey hill
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Saw a brother screaming on the corner
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Talkin' 'bout some low down dirty shame
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And he said
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Gonna get so high that I just don't know my name
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Between the buildings and the alleyways
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That's where the living is done
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Where the young boys chase the dragon
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That's where flesh and steel are one
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Down on monkey hill
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Saw another brother testifying this morning
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Talkin' 'bout how he lost everything
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And he said
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Gonna get so high that I just don't know my name
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Everybody's talking shit and jivin'
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Hard to tell which is which
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Dealers and healers
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Businessmen and bankers
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They all be scratchin' that itch
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Down on monkey hill
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Saw another brother testifying this evening
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Talkin¡¯ ¡®bout how he left his soul in DeNang
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And he said
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Gonna get so high that I just don't know my name
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Gonna get so high
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I don't know my name
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Down on monkey hill
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Monkey Hill
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Gov't Mule |