[00:24.98]See that black boy over there runnin' scared
[00:27.95]His old man in a bottle
[00:31.17]He done quit his 9 to 5
[00:35.27]He drink full time and now he's livin' in a bottle
[00:38.77]See that black boy over there runnin' scared
[00:44.77]His old man got a problem
[00:46.86]And it's a bad one
[00:48.86]He done pawned off damn near everything
[00:52.31]His old woman's weddin' ring for a bottle
[00:56.10]And don't you think it's a crime when
[01:02.90]Time after time after time
[01:06.95]People in the bottle
[01:09.84]There's people livin' in the bottle
[01:13.46]Listen to me
[01:15.37]See that sister, sho' was fine
[01:17.66]Before she started drinkin' wine in a bottle
[01:22.04]She told me her old man committed a crime
[01:26.05]He's doin' time and now she's hangin' in a bottle
[01:31.52]I seen her out there on the avenue
[01:34.14]All by herself, she sho' need help from the bottle
[01:38.35]I seen a preacherman try to help her out
[01:43.13]She cussed him out and hit him in the head with a bottle
[01:46.28]They turn to me, and they ask me, Gil
[01:49.77]Don't you think it's a crime the way
[01:54.13]Time after time after time
[01:57.75]People in the bottle
[01:59.37]There's people sho' nuff in the bottle
[02:03.19]I'll give you another good example
[02:06.35]You see that gent in the wrinkled suit
[02:09.10]He done damn near blown his cool to the bottle
[02:11.79]He was a doctor helpin' young girls along
[02:16.98]If they weren't too far gone in her problems
[02:20.32]But defenders of the dollar eagle said
[02:25.86]“What you doin, man, ain't legal”“
[02:28.34]Now he's in the bottle
[02:30.11]And now we watch him everyday
[02:34.11]He's tryin' to chase the prisons away from the bottle
[02:37.21]He turned to me and he said to me, hey now
[02:41.15]Don't you think it's a crime the way
[02:44.81]Time after time
[02:47.65]Friends of mine in the bottle
[02:50.23]There's people sho nuff in the bottle
[02:53.22]Come on, hit me the lick one time, stick
[02:56.66]Uuh
[02:57.57]I'll tell you a little secret
[03:31.39]If you ever come lookin' for me
[03:33.70]You know where I'm bound to be
[03:35.66]In the bottle
[03:36.98]Turn around
[03:39.85]Look around on any corner
[03:41.74]If you see some brother lookin' like a goner
[03:45.19]It's gonna be me
[03:47.55]Sing the song
[03:48.54]Na na na na na na na na na
[03:53.28]na na na na na na na na na
[04:06.59]A dollar nine or a bottle of wine
[04:08.16]A dollar nine, get a bottle of wine
[04:09.70]A dollar nine, get a bottle of wine
[04:11.98]A dollar nine, get a bottle of wine
[04:14.45]The bottle
[04:16.48]All that I'm concerned about is a bottle
[04:18.76]It can turn me inside out for the bottle
[04:23.68]All I want
[04:26.02]Said all I want
[04:26.93]Said all I want
[04:27.72]Said all I want since I'm livin in the bottle
[04:30.96]A bottle
[04:32.14]Sho nuff
[04:33.85]Sho nuff
[04:35.36]Sho nuff
[04:36.57]Sho nuff sho nuff sho nuff sho nuff
[04:50.49]Sho nuff
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