I'm just another voice from the street   And since it's my choice, I feel that I must speak   Now I know that you won't listen to little me   But I can't rest unless I get this off my chest, see      The city's my home the streets where I roam   But still I leave the drugs and violence alone      And so I try to stay in the right frame of mind   Although I know some people who might say that I'm   Crazy and lazy for not breakin' out   But the city has soul and that's what I'm about      I have an appetite that must be fed   No longer blind and being led   The kind of freedom that you can buy   My bank won't lend me yet      But still I get by and even smile   So don't judge me by the color of my skin   My blood runs as deep as yours runs red   So you can see it, it ain't over yet   Which takes me out of the rap      The choice is mine   With my ordinary joy and pain inside   I try to get by   And I ain't gone under yet, no no      [Incomprehensible]      See bodies with souls lying in the street   No one wants to live with nothing to eat   But to climb over livin' people and feel   That they brought it on themselves 'cause they lazy   Or would rather steal is a mystery      So don't judge me by the color of my skin   My blood runs deep as your runs red   So you can see it, it ain't over yet   Which takes me out of the verse      The choice is mine   With my ordinary joy and pain inside   I try to get by   And I ain't gone under yet      The choice is mine   With my ordinary joy and pain inside   I try to get by   And I ain't gone under yet, no      Your under is my over   I've never seen your over yet   But don't forget   I ain't gone under yet      I ain't gone under yet   I ain't gone under yet   I ain't gone under yet      I don't steal, I don't run tricks or scams   'Cause I'm a strong young woman, yes, I know who I am   But sometimes it's so hard to get by   And touch circumstances make me want to get high   But I don't go too far 'cause that ain't my style   So why don't you come live next to me for a while