I snuck around the corner he had this guy down
I through the first punch that´s when he hit the ground
To survive in the street you gotta win the first round
´Cause if you want eat you gotta be the baddest one around
I´m a backstreet crawler

Daddy paid for college I earned a degree
Got a job up on Wall Street
Where I learned to make the little man bleed
That´s when I got stomped like a cattle stampede
Had a nervous breakdown all my friends and family left me

Yeah I´m a backstreet crawler
When you see them on the concrete it´s their spirit that´s harder
Yeah I´m a backstreet crawler
Where your ego meets defeat and your pride can´t get no smaller
Yeah I´m a backstreet crawler
Yeah I´m a backstreet crawler

I guess you might say it sure is a shame
I used to have everything oh how my life has changed
Yeah I´m broken and torn I´ve never been free
Lost everything that meant a thing to me

Yeah I´m a backstreet crawler
When you see them on the concrete it´s their spirit that´s harder
Yeah I´m a backstreet crawler
Where your ego meets defeat and your pride can´t get no smaller
Yeah I´m a backstreet crawler
Yeah I´m a backstreet crawler