[00:24.429] See that black boy over there runnin' scared
[00:27.496] His old man in a bottle
[00:32.776] He done quit his 9 to 5
[00:34.691] He drink full time and now he's livin' in a bottle
[00:41.268] See that black boy over there runnin' scared
[00:44.518] His old man got a problem
[00:47.003] And it's a bad one
[00:48.538] He done pawned off damn near everything,
[00:51.684] His old woman's weddin' ring for a bottle
[00:58.311] And don't you think it's a crime when
[01:03.397] Time after time after time
[01:06.210] People in the bottle
[01:08.480] There's people livin' in the bottle
[01:14.108] Listen to me
[01:15.137] See that sister, sho' was fine
[01:17.155] Before she started drinkin' wine in a bottle
[01:22.237] She told me her old man committed a crime
[01:25.525] He's doin' time and now she's hangin' in a bottle
[01:30.845] I seen her out there on the avenue
[01:34.020] All by herself, she sho' need help from the bottle
[01:39.159] I seen a preacherman try to help her out
[01:42.495] She cussed him out and hit him in the head with a bottle
[01:46.772] They turn to me, and they ask me, Gil,
[01:49.037] Don't you think it's a crime the way
[01:54.024] Time after time after time
[01:56.947] People in the bottle
[01:59.315] There's people sho' nuff in the bottle
[02:03.503] I'll give you another good example
[02:05.933] You see that gent in the wrinkled suit
[02:07.991] He done damn near blown his cool to the bottle
[02:12.947] He was a doctor helpin' young girls along
[02:16.418] If they wasn't too far gone in her problems
[02:22.086] But defenders of the dollar eagle said,
[02:25.707] “What you doin, man, ain't legal”
[02:27.475] Now he's in the bottle
[02:31.570] And now we watch him everyday
[02:33.615] He's tryin' to chase the prisons away from the bottle
[02:37.884] He turned to me and he said to me, hey now
[02:40.485] Don't you think it's a crime the way
[02:45.031] Time after time
[02:47.077] Friends of mine in the bottle
[02:50.702] There's people sho nuff in the bottle
[02:54.656] Come on, hit me the lick one time, stick
[02:56.758] Uuh
[03:28.764] I'll tell you a little secret
[03:31.311] If you ever come lookin' for me
[03:33.092] You know where I'm bound to be,
[03:35.272] In the bottle
[03:38.687] Turn around
[03:39.709] Look around on any corner
[03:41.868] If you see some brother lookin' like a goner
[03:44.986] It's gonna be me
[03:47.272] Sing the song
[03:48.271] Na na na na na na na na na..
[03:56.871] na na na na na na na na na
[04:05.293] A dollar nine or a bottle of wine
[04:07.352] A dollar nine, get a bottle of wine
[04:09.520] A dollar nine, get a bottle of wine
[04:11.637] A dollar nine, get a bottle of wine
[04:13.771] The bottle
[04:15.535] All that I'm concerned about is a bottle
[04:19.855] It can turn me inside out for the bottle
[04:24.537] All I want
[04:25.629] Said all I want
[04:26.428] Said all I want
[04:27.516] Said all I want since I'm livin in the bottle
[04:30.762] A bottle
[04:41.158] Sho nuff
[04:42.264] Sho nuff
[04:43.221] Sho nuff
[04:44.677] Sho nuff sho nuff sho nuff sho nuff
[04:49.693] Sho nuff sho nuff