Tyrone's Rap (From The Musical " Fame")

Tyrone's Rap (From The Musical " Fame") - Original London Cast

Written by：Steven Margoshes

Don't need no rich b**ch

Tell me which

Fork to use

I paid my dues

In a rat trap building called new york

Living off greens beans and pork

In a basement tenement

No one got to tell me what it meant

To be black jack ace of spades

All the car wash washers and day work maids

Can't wash it off it never fades

It's who you are until you're dead

Now ain't that a kick upside the head

Yeah I know about pryor and poitier

Can't get higher than sugar ray

Muhammed Ali and Dr. J

And nighty percent of the NBA

Reggie Jackson Jesse Jackson

Michael and Mahalia Jackson

And what's that got to do with me

On the street the onliest thing I see is

Crack dealers

Pocketbook stealers

Coke snorters

Time square daughters

Eight-year olds who dance for quarters

For tokes and two-line blows

New adidas and stereos

That's us that's it

So don't be tellin' me all that sh*t