Crime in the streets
I read about it every day in the papers
Justice needs and Justice wants
But just in time's too late here.
Oh, feels like I wasn't born there
I feel just like a Boogie Pilgrim.
Boogie Pilgrim
Hustled to get it
To get it together
Boogie Pilgrim — oh
Brother I never felt better.
Low life's complete
When you've lived that way out on the sidewalk
Oh I got the speed if you got the need
But the need in me needs nothing
But I know that you all want something
Oh, just like a Boogie Pilgrim.