I was born there,
Before I knew better
Went to school there,
But learned to avoid that
Fell in love there,
But love couldn t thrive there
Picked it up
And I left it behind, said -

Man, alive!
Get me out of this barrel of crabs

Most our homes were
Depressed by division
What passed for friendship
Was reallyprotection
Any work there
Disolved into trouble
Ate me up,
Livin life on the bubble, said -

Man, alive!
Get me out of this barrel of crabs

Everytime I d gain some ground,
Another man s scheme would just pull me back down
Everytime I spied the top
The next poor sucker s there to give me the drop