If you're going to the city You'd better have some cash If you're going to the city You'd better have some cash Because the people in the city Don't mess around with trash When you get up to the city You'd better lock your door When you get up to the city You'd better lock your door You know they'll take what you got boy And then they'll ask for more When you get up to the city You got to learn to shout When you get up to the city You got to learn to shout 'Cause if you don't stand up and holler You're gonna get left out And if you stay up in the city There's just two things I hope And if you stay up in the city There's just two things I hope That you don't take money from a woman And you don't start messing round with dope