There's blacks with knives
and whites with clubs
Fighting in howard beach
There's no such thing as human rights
When you walk the n.y.streets
A cop was shot in the
head by a 10 years old kid
Named buddah in central park last week
The fathers and daughters
are lined up by the coffins
By the statue of bigotry
hey
You better hold on
Something's happening here
You better hold on
Well I meet you in tompkins square
The dopers sent a message
to the cops last weekend
They shot him in the
car where he sat
And eleanor bumpers
and michael stewart
Must have appreciated that
There's a rampaging rage
rising up like a plague
Of bloody vials washing up on the beach
It'll take more than the
angels or iron mike tyson
To heal this bloody breach
hey hey
You better hold on
Something's happening here
You better hold on
I'm gonna meet
you in tompkins square
A junkie ran down
a lady a pregnant dancer
She'll never dance
but the baby was saved
He shot up some china white
and nodded out at the wheel
And he doesn't remember a thing
They shot that old lady
'cause they thought she was a witness to
A crime she didn't even see
Whose home is the home of th brave
By the statue of bigotry
hey
You better hold on
Something's happening here
You better hold on
Meet you in tompkins square
You got a black 38 and
a gravity knife
You still have to ride the train
There's the smelly
essence of n.y. down there
But you ain't no bernard goetz
ah
There's no mafia lawyer to
fight in your corner
For that 15 minutes of fame
The have and the have
nots are bleeding in the tub
That's new york's future not mine
oh
You better hold on
Something's happening here
You better hold on
You better
something's happening here
Hold on
ooohhh
babe