stop here we go knock knock come in you wanna fight i m gonna win i ll take you out in a minute step in my flat and see what s in it i live in the land of the welfare state my flat used to be section 8 now it s rat infested cocaine run my whole world plays like a broken drum junkie drunken bum yeah yeah yeah rats in the hallway again get up get out go ahead and ride away sit up our bed up your bed to lay kick up or rip up this place apart even when i m finished i m back at the start i m out of line on adeline street heat don t keep this crooked beat 4 a m no waves breaking what s left of the p m the a m has taken junkie drunken bum yeah yeah yeah rats in the hallway again outside my gate my crew is drinking a 40 asked me if there s still rats in the hallway i said some things aren t like the weather never seen em changing for the better this girl came up to me she said she would do me no harm rolled up her sleeve and showed me the tracks on her arm i said what s your name she said it was mia she said tim i wanna take you higher junkie drunken bum yeah yeah yeah rats in the hallway again zombie walking kid out on his own with no morale mr high leaves the body in comes mr withdrawal pain is the only thing the body will allow the kid wants to dance the gangster knows how johnny bought some dope on civic and market shoot up and boot up the human target he hit the dirty spike when he hit the scene it s easy to stay dirty when nothing is clean he s a writer who tags up jackal jackal just clamped on unclampable shackles boot up shoot up some dope to go like legal currency it s money you know it s like that rat tat tat kid got shot point blank in the back my landlord said not to be bumming he was on cocaine stoop and he had it coming he had it coming he was only 12 years old sitting in a blizzard he got shot for being cold it don t seem right tonight hit the lights alright watch the roaches run into the darkest room junkie drunken bum yeah yeah yeah rats in the hallway again junkie drunken bum yeah yeah yeah rats in the hallway again