[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
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Midnight in a ghetto street
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A desperate boy wants something to eat ('Cause he's dead on his feet)
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To the man in the squad car, it's just his beat
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(He don't care, he don't live there
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He lives in Queens
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Not Manhattan or the Bronx or Brook-lyn)
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A thief on the roof, a mugger in the hall (Stick 'em up, Stick 'em up)
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A baby on the floor eating paint off the wall (How's he gonna grow tall?)
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But there's one time of year that brings joy to one and all
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(When every race has a smile on its face)
[Chorus 1]
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Junkie on the corner, the pusher uptown
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Digging the Yuletide, Santa's getting down
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Holiday colors of red and green
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Turkey's big and fat and the gangsta lean
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Numbers runner stops for a chat
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The Apollo doorman tips his hat and he says:
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Have a Kung Fu Christmas
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Have a Kung Fu Christma-as, ooh
[Verse 2]
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Living in the ghetto, you always lose
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They'll shoot you for your socks, and they'll stick you for your shoes
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When you're a super bad dude, you pay super bad dues
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(Where fear and strife is a way of life)
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But there's a man coming today with lots of loot
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He's got a pimp-mo sleigh, a red and white fur suit
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He's a Super Fly guy, and he's awful cute
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(He's about to arrive, bringing Jingle Bell jive)
[Chorus 2]
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Santa Claus making the Soul Train scene
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Slicking down his beard with Afro Sheen
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Eeny meeny and miney mo
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Frost in your hair and snow up your nose
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Diamond in the back, trimmed with holly
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My girls on the street and I'm feeling jolly
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Christmas Eve's coming with the last-minute bustle
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Santa tells the elves, "You'd better do The Hustle"