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There's blacks with knives and whites with clubsFighting in howard beachThere's no such thing as human rightsWhen you walk the n.y.streetsA cop was shot in the head by a 10 years old kidNamed buddah in central park last weekThe fathers and daughters are lined up by the coffinsBy the statue of bigotry, heyYou better hold onSomething's happening hereYou better hold onWell I meet you in tompkins squareThe dopers sent a message to the cops last weekendThey shot him in the car where he satAnd eleanor bumpers and michael stewartMust have appreciated thatThere's a rampaging rage rising up like a plagueOf bloody vials washing up on the beachIt'll take more than the angels or iron mike tysonTo heal this bloody breach, hey, heyYou better hold onSomething's happening hereYou better hold onI'm gonna meet you in tompkins squareA junkie ran down a lady a pregnant dancerShe'll never dance but the baby was savedHe shot up some china white and nodded out at the wheelAnd he doesn't remember a thingThey shot that old lady 'cause they thought she was a witness toA crime she didn't even seeWhose home is the home of the braveBy the statue of bigotry, heyYou better hold onSomething's happening hereYou better hold onMeet you in tompkins squareYou got a black .38 and a gravity knifeYou still have to ride the trainThere's the smelly essence of n.y. down thereBut you ain't no bernard goetz, ahThere's no mafia lawyer to fight in your cornerFor that 15 minutes of fameThe have and the have nots are bleeding in the tubThat's new york's future not mine, ohYou better hold onSomething's happening hereYou better hold onYou better, something's happening hereHold on, ooohhh, babe