(Dr. Richard Peddicord)   My mama told me when I was born   She said the city is gonna be your soil   Raise all eight children   Work all your life   Pray you don't die by some stranger's knife.         You're living in the heart   Yeah, the heart of the city   Yeah!         We all live on that city floor   Winos, widows, hags, and whores   You butcher bankers and you millionaires   We all know what goes on down there.         You're living in the heart   Yeah, the heart of the city   You're living in the heart   Yeah, the heart of the city.         Things get tough, I just don't care   I let the night time take me anywhere   Yeah, take me anywhere, I don't care, no.         Things get rough, I just don't care   I let the night time take me anywhere   No, take me downtown, take me to the heart of the city, baby.         No, you tell in your cold slip   Your mind has snapped and your heart goes in   You know it's real and it ain't no shit   When you get down to the heart of it.         You're living in the heart   Yeah, the heart of the city   Yeah baby, go down to the heart   Yeah, the heart of the city   OW!   You're living in the heart   Yeah, the heart of the city   Straight from the heart   Straight from the heart of the cityyyyyyyy!