The Message - Grand Master Flash

It's like a jungle, sometimes it makes me wonder 
How I keep from going under 
It's like a jungle, sometimes it makes me wonder 
How I keep from going under 
Broken glass everywhere 
People pissing on the stairs, you know they just don't care 
I can't take the smell, I can't take the noise 
Got no money to move out, I guess I got no choice 
Rats in the front room, roaches in the back 
Junkie's in the alley with a baseball bat 
I tried to get away, but I couldn't get far 
Cause a man with the tow-truck repossessed my car 

Don't push me, cause I'm close to the edge 
I'm trying not to loose my head 
It's like a jungle sometimes, it makes me wonder 
How I keep from going under 

Standing on the front stoop, hangin' out the window 
Watching all the cars go by, roaring as the breezes blow 
Crazy lady, livin' in a bag 
Eating out of garbage piles, used to be a fag-hag 
Said she danced the tango, skipped the light fandango 
A Zircon princess seems to have lost her senses 
Down at the peepshow, watching all the creeps 
So she can tell the stories to the girls back home 
She went to the city and got social security 
She had to get a pimp, she couldn't make it on her own 

Don't push me, cause I'm close to the edge 
I'm trying not to loose my head 
It's like a jungle sometimes, it makes me wonder 
How I keep from going under 

My brother's doing bad stole my mother's T.V. 
Says she watches to much, is just not healthy 
All my children in the daytime, Dallas at night 
Can't even see the game or the Sugar Ray fight 
Bill collectors they ring my phone 
And scare my wife when I'm not home 
Got a bum education, double-digit inflation 
Can't take the train to the job, there's a strike at the station 
Neon King Kong standin' on my back 
Can't stop to turn around, broke my sacroiliac 
Midrange, migrained, cancered membrane 
Sometimes I think I'm going insane, I swear I might hijack a plane! 

Don't push me, cause I'm close to the edge 
I'm trying not to loose my head 
It's like a jungle sometimes, it makes me wonder 
How I keep from going under 

My son said daddy I don't wanna go to school 
Cause the teacher's a jerk, he must think I'm a fool 
And all the kids smoke reefer, I think it'd be cheaper 
If I just got a job, learned to be a street sweeper 
I dance to the beat, shuffle my feet 
Wear a shirt and tie and run with the creeps 
Cause it's all about money, ain't a damn thing funny 
You got to have a car in this land of milk and honey 
They push that girl in front of a train 
Took her to a doctor, sowed the arm on again 
Stabbed that man, right in his heart 
Gave him a transfer for a brand new start 
I can't walk through the park, cause it's crazy after the dark 
Keep my hand on the gun, cause they got me on the run 
I feel like an outlaw, broke my last glass jaw 
Hear them say you want some more, livin' on a seasaw 

Don't push me, cause I'm close to the edge 
I'm trying not to loose my head, say what 
It's like a jungle sometimes, it makes me wonder 
How I keep from going under 
It's like a jungle sometimes, it