This is the way things are going in a hood I'm just know them hood Hangin' out in a hood This is the way things are going in a hood I'm just know them hood Hangin' in a hood It was back in '32 when times were hard He had a Colt .45 and a deck of cards He's got rat-drawn shoes and an old stetson hat Had a '28 Ford, had payments on that His woman threw him back to the ice and snow She said, 'Never ever come back no more' So he walked through the rain and he walked through the mud Till he came to a place called The Bucket Of Blood This is the way things are going in a hood I'm just know them hood Hangin' out in a hood This is the way things are going in a hood I'm just know them hood Hangin' in a hood He said 'Mr Motherfucker, you know who I am' But the barkeeper said, 'No, and I don't give a good goddamn' He said, 'Well bartender, it's plain to see I'm that bad motherfucker called Stagger Lee' Barkeep said, 'Yeah, I've heard your name down the way And I kick motherfucking asses like you every day' Well those were the last words that the barkeep said 'Cause Stag put four holes in his motherfucking head This is the way things are going in a hood I'm just know them hood Hangin' out in a hood This is the way things are going in a hood I'm just know them hood Hangin' in a hood I'm a one who fucker just pricker Here are we are don't fucker my cheeker Wou-wou-wou, here guy, you know It is listening there, you It was listen to story while what every know Just listen me. You know you can't stop fool It made my just who are know Yes he making you, wait you, be the fucking noise 'I'm a bad motherfucker, don't you know. And I'll crawl Over fifty good pussies just to get one fat boy's asshole' Billy Dilly rolls in and he says, 'You must be That bad motherfucker called Stagger Lee' 'Yeah, I'm Stagger Lee and you better get down on your knees And suck my dick, or you should be dead' Billy Dilly dropped down and slobbered on his head And Stag filled the motherfucker full of lead This is the way things are going in a hood I'm just know them hood Hangin' out in a hood This is the way things are going in a hood I'm just know them hood Hangin' in a hood