These Streets
Tanya Stephens Lyrics

You know
I need to tell you something

I can still remember when it was just me and you
I remember when it was just the two of us

Suddenly it turn you and your crew
But then you changed and started hanging out with your friends

Forget everything bout your boo
And you forgot about your girlfriend

I wish you woulda treat me like ya glock
I wish you would treat me with the same affection as your gun

I woulda love it if you keep me pon cock
I would love it if you would keep me close like your gun

I wish you woulda treat me like ya yacht
I wish you would treat me with the same care as your boat

Keep me wet while the waves them a rock
Keep me satisfied while enjoying the waves

Why can't you stay pon me like the corner
Why can't you be with me like you're with the corner?

And keep your lips pon me like your marijuana
And keep your lips on me like you do with your marijuana

I woulda love it if you treat me like a club
I would love it if you treated me like a club

Stay up inna me whole night just a bump'n grind'n rub
Stay with me all night just dancing and touching

You don't understand what your woman needs from her man
You don't know what a woman needs from her partner

While you deh pon di streets all the time
While you spend all your time on the streets

Just bear this in mind
Just remember this

These streets don't love you like I do
The streets don't love you as I do

You need fi know that
You need to understand that

You wanna keep your woman loving you
You want your woman to keep loving you

And you need fi show that
And you need to show it

The love we have it take so much effort fi build
It takes a lot of effort to build the love we have

You about fi blow that
You're about to destroy that love

But just like a played out jersey
But just like an old jersey

You about fi get throw back!
You're about to get thrown away!

I wish you woulda treat me like a ounce
I wish you would treat me with the same care as an ounce of something valuable

Me know ya nah leggo that when yuh bounce
I know you wouldn't let go of that when you move

You shouldda deh home knock boots like ya timbs
You should be at home, spending time with me

Need fi act older than the size of ya rims
You need to act more mature than your fancy rims

I wish you woulda stay pon me like ya phone man
I wish you would be with me all the time like your phone

And never leave the house wit out me like ya crome man
And never leave the house without me like you leave your chrome

Boy I wish you woulda treat me like ya whips
You should treat me with the same attention as your cars

Your girl's a perfect ten but your benz them only a 5 and a 6
Your girlfriend is a perfect ten, but your cars are nothing compared to her

Now the Feds have them case
The police have arrested your friends

And they gavel up pound
And they've confiscated a lot of drugs

Me a look fi a familiar face, me nah see none around
I'm looking for someone I know, but I can't see anyone

When ya call me collect and give me errands fi do
When you call me and ask me to do things

Mi nah see nah hot gal, me nah see none of your crew
I don't see any attractive girls, I don't see any of your friends

Government seize everything, the Gs everything
The government has seized all your money and belongings

and another baller dun take over di spot
And someone else has taken over your position

A run, trees everything the keys everything
They're running everything, including selling drugs

And 10 thousand money's is all you got
And you only have 10 thousand dollars left

Now you understand
Now you finally get it

What I was tryin to say to my man
What I was trying to tell you all along

Why you dey an dere pon the grind, you shoulda bear this in mind
Why are you spending so much time on the streets when you should have remembered what's important

Say di streets dem nah give a damn, bundiddlydung
The streets don't care, they don't give a damn

A just a place where ya peddle pon (need fi know that)
It's just a place where people sell products

You fall in love with the corner, you can't say me never warn ya (and ya need fi show that)
You love the streets, but I warned you about it, and you need to show me that you understand

These streets don't love you like I do
The streets don't love you as I do

yuh know these streets don't love you,
You know the streets don't love you

And oh these streets can't hug you
And the streets can't comfort you like I can

These streets don't love you like I do...
The streets don't love you as much as I do