(Dr. Richard Peddicord) My mama told me when I was born She said the city is gonna be your soil Raise all eight children Work all your life Pray you don't die by some stranger's knife. You're living in the heart Yeah, the heart of the city Yeah! We all live on that city floor Winos, widows, hags, and whores You butcher bankers and you millionaires We all know what goes on down there. You're living in the heart Yeah, the heart of the city You're living in the heart Yeah, the heart of the city. Things get tough, I just don't care I let the night time take me anywhere Yeah, take me anywhere, I don't care, no. Things get rough, I just don't care I let the night time take me anywhere No, take me downtown, take me to the heart of the city, baby. No, you tell in your cold slip Your mind has snapped and your heart goes in You know it's real and it ain't no shit When you get down to the heart of it. You're living in the heart Yeah, the heart of the city Yeah baby, go down to the heart Yeah, the heart of the city OW! You're living in the heart Yeah, the heart of the city Straight from the heart Straight from the heart of the cityyyyyyyy!