[00:06.48]Time after time
[00:28.02]See that black boy over there, runnin' scared
[00:31.11]his ol' man's in a bottle.
[00:36.42]He done quit his 9 to 5 to drink full time
[00:39.75]so now he's livin' in the bottle.
[00:45.06]See that Black boy over there, runnin' scared
[00:48.27]his ol' man got a problem
[00:53.67]Pawned off damn near everything, his ol'
[00:56.22]woman's weddin' ring for a bottle.
[01:02.55]And don't you think it's a crime
[01:07.23]when time after time,
[01:11.94]And don't you think it's a crime
[01:15.78]when time after time, people in the bottle.
[01:27.87]See that sister, she look fine before she
[01:30.54]started drinkin' wine
[01:32.40]from the bottle.
[01:36.45]Said her ol' man committed a crime
[01:38.46]and he's doin' time,
[01:40.23]so now she's in the bottle.
[01:45.75]She's out there on the avenue, all by herself
[01:48.12]sho' needs help from the bottle.
[01:53.67]Preacherman tried to help her out,
[01:55.62]she cussed him out and hit him in the head with a bottle.
[02:00.81]And don't you think it's a crime
[02:07.26]when time after time, people in the bottle.
[02:08.58]See that gent in the wrinkled suit
[02:16.95]he done damn near blown his cool
[02:19.26]to the bottle
[02:23.19]He wuz a doctor helpin' young girls along
[02:45.06]if they wuzn't too far gone to have problems.
[02:52.35]But defenders of the dollar eagle
[02:53.67]Said "What you doin', Doc, it ain't legal,"
[02:54.96]and now he's in the bottle.
[02:56.28]Now we watch him everyday tryin' to
[03:00.57]chase the pigeons away
[03:00.99]from the bottle.
[03:02.43]And don't you think it's a crime
[03:32.88]when time after time, people in the bottle.