the bottle

Lyrics

see that black boy over there, runnin' scared, his ol' man's in a bottle. he done quit his 9 to 5 he drink full time, so now he's livin' in the bottle. see that black boy over there, runnin' scared, his ol' man got a problem and it's a bad one, pawned off damn near everything, his ol', woman's weddin' ring for a bottle. and don't you think it's a crime, when time after time, people in the bottle. see that sista, sho wuz fine before she, started drinkin' wine, from the bottle. said her ol' man committed a crime, and he's doin' time, so now she's in the bottle. she's out there on the avenue, all by herself, sho' needs help from the bottle. preacherman tried to help her out, she cussed him out and hit him in the head with a bottle. and don't you think it's a crime, when time after time, people in the bottle. see that gent in the wrinkled suit, he done damn near blown his cool, to the bottle, he wuz a doctor helpin' young girls along, if they wuzn't too far gone to have problems. but defenders of the dollar eagle, said "what you doin', doc, it ain't legal,", and now he's in the bottle. now we watch him everyday tryin' to, chase the pigeons away, from the bottle. and don't you think it's a crime, when time after time, people in the bottle.