Inna City Mamma Completly Re-recorded by Neneh Cherry Lyrics
[Intro: ]
(New York - just like I pictured it - skyscrapers and everything...)
(Yo! Wait a minute... We got to do another one...) (Inna city mamma)
[Verse 1:]
When I loved you....When I loved you...
When I loved you from a distance
And your skyline, Made me a promise
In my safe world to be somebody
New York City to own your streets
Where I strut covered in money
Shattered dreams; it ain't funny
Now I look at you with tears in my eyes
The Good, the Bad, the Ugly
As I start to cry; I search for the sky
Just a breeze and watch a block of darkening clouds, they coming
[Hook:]
Inna City Mamma; you bore another child
To be victim of your cold blooded ways
Inna city love; from the gutter
So destructive when you sing your blues
[Verse 2:]
I wanna love ya baby, I don’t mean maybe baby
But I need everything you got (I'm gonna touch you)
I'm Inna city hunger, you think your tough - I’m stronger
If your weak, I'll eat you up (you're meant to love me)
I'm gonna touch you where you never been touched before
Deep in your spine, I'll bruise your veins
And touch your very core (you're meant to love me)
[Hook]
[Rap Verse:]
Look at this city, breeding suckers
Sleeping on the concrete living in the gutter
While a chosen few rocking the cradle
Sipping sweet milk from a golden ladle
So I walk down the street, dressed with bodies
Chill of the night, where the victims party
Underneath the sky where the rooftops suck
Coz you ain’t got a home to rest your butt!
(Inna City Mamma) You mean to love me (While you cut me up)
(Inna City Mamma) You mean to love me (Inna City Love)
[Hook]
(New York - just like I pictured it - skyscrapers and everything...)
(Yo! Wait a minute... We got to do another one...) (Inna city mamma)
[Verse 1:]
When I loved you....When I loved you...
When I loved you from a distance
And your skyline, Made me a promise
In my safe world to be somebody
New York City to own your streets
Where I strut covered in money
Shattered dreams; it ain't funny
Now I look at you with tears in my eyes
The Good, the Bad, the Ugly
As I start to cry; I search for the sky
Just a breeze and watch a block of darkening clouds, they coming
[Hook:]
Inna City Mamma; you bore another child
To be victim of your cold blooded ways
Inna city love; from the gutter
So destructive when you sing your blues
[Verse 2:]
I wanna love ya baby, I don’t mean maybe baby
But I need everything you got (I'm gonna touch you)
I'm Inna city hunger, you think your tough - I’m stronger
If your weak, I'll eat you up (you're meant to love me)
I'm gonna touch you where you never been touched before
Deep in your spine, I'll bruise your veins
And touch your very core (you're meant to love me)
[Hook]
[Rap Verse:]
Look at this city, breeding suckers
Sleeping on the concrete living in the gutter
While a chosen few rocking the cradle
Sipping sweet milk from a golden ladle
So I walk down the street, dressed with bodies
Chill of the night, where the victims party
Underneath the sky where the rooftops suck
Coz you ain’t got a home to rest your butt!
(Inna City Mamma) You mean to love me (While you cut me up)
(Inna City Mamma) You mean to love me (Inna City Love)
[Hook]