Joey comes from a sacred part of town   Where sometimes you talk so tough   That your feet don't touch the ground   And the sidewalk soldiers sing their midnite blues   While the old men recite their story lines   About when I was young like you      They say: Oh yeah   We were cruising to the backbeat   Oh yeah, making love in the backseats   We were wild, wild in the streets   Wild, wild in the streets      A member of the boy's brigade   Had a date with the girl next door   You know it made her daddy crazy   But it only made her want him more   They weren't looking for trouble   You know that boy didn't want a fight-not tonight   So she headed out through her bathroom window   What her daddy didn't know was gonna be alright      They said: Oh yeah   We were cruising to the backbeat   Oh yeah, making love in the backseat   We were wild, wild in the streets      Wild, wild in the streets   Wild, wild in the streets   Wild, wild in the streets      Sometimes this town ain't pretty   But you know it ain't so bad   Just like a girl who looks so happy   When inside she's so sad   In here we got this code of honor   Nobody's going down   You don't walk in vain   Through the kid's parade   'Cause this is my hometown