My mother was a mongrel bitch, she ran from what she saw My pa worked thelateshift taking breadfrom local whores I never learned toread or write until the age of ten And when I found out just what I was I started out again
They call me Street Rat, I mess with Street Cats
I loved a coal black woman she lived on Thirty Fourth and Vine She kept my hambone in her kitchen and her artichoke was mine Late on Tuesday evening I was cruising by her floor There's a blood stain on the pillow and brown sugar's on the floor Well, I'm a Street Rat, Yes I am, I'm gonna get my Payback
I'm gonna find that son of a bitch. You hear what happened now? You know what happened to me! I know it's bad news, but bad news is good news eh? Know what I mean?
I axed around a few whores, found the mother's name was Clyde I found him in a pimpmobile just over the West side I held him by his fur collar and got out my thirty eight Then I emptied all the inside on the outside of his weight
Don't mess with Street Rat, Street Rat
You see I'd like to tell y'all about myself 'cause I'm feeling fine but I can hear my main man coming and I'm running out of time Man I'm getting down so far that I'm below ground