Life at the speed of light
 Everybody's in a hurry
 The air fills with decay
 Doesn't anybody have any pride?

 Big Apple rotten to the core (2x)

 Street violence
 Is a way of life
 Killer epidemic
 With a gun or a knife

 Big Apple rotten to the core (2x)

 No junkies, no drunks
 Said the sign on the door
 Everybody's too hot

 See the stress
 Feel the anger
 For easy money
 There's a restless hunger

 Big Apple rotten to the core (2x)