Beat the Street

There's a time work and time for play
 Let's get it straight
 Can't be running, shooting, gunning at them
 Gotta beat the street
 Beat it
 Once upon a time
 I had a dream (Beat the street, beat the street)
 We made it through the hardest times
 I heard my mind scream
 Gotta beat the street, you gotta beat the street
 (Beat the street, beat the street, beat the street, beat the street)
 Gotta beat the street, you gotta beat the street
 (Beat the street, beat the street, beat the street, beat the street)
 (Beat the street, beat the street)
 It's a shame to waste your life out on the busy avenue
 It's a shame, it's a shame
 Baby, better back a way out before it's too late
 (Better watch out, you better watch out)
 Move on to somewhere that's real, do it now, you've got to make it
 (Beat the street, beat the street)
 People running, people gunning, hustling
 People running, people gunning, hustling
 We made it through the hardest times, don't you fall, don't you fall
 Now it's the time to get it straight, yeah get it straight
 Gotta beat the street, you gotta beat the street
 (Beat the street, beat the street, beat the street, beat the street)
 Gotta beat the street, you gotta beat the street
 (Beat the street, beat the street, beat the street, beat the street)
 (Beat it)
 (Beat it)
 There's a time for work and a time for play
 We made it through the hardest times, don't you fall
 You've got to make it, you can be there
 (Beat the street beat the street)
 'Cause it's your life
 (Beat the street, beat the street, beat the street, beat the street)
 You've got only one life to live, don't you waste it
 No gunning, no hustling, before it's too late
 (Beat the street, beat the street, beat the street,
 Beat the street, beat the street, beat the street)
 (Beat it)