Downtown Threat

Government introduce
Alcohol prohibition
So up in Chicago
I began a grand crime mission
Stealing goods in the hood
My business on the rise
Illegal drink, avoid the clink
Because I’m organised

They said: You’re bad!
But I said strictly business
They claimed: You robbed!
But my good friends bear witness
All pure with innocent names
Like Golf Bag, Camel and Teats
Killer, Enforcer, Machine Gun
Nicer guys you couldn’t hope to meet

Local laws I abide
Do as told by police tribes
Especially since they take my bribes
Cause Al Capone gonna sell it to ya
Downtown punk gonna flog it to ya
Gangster Al gonna flog you too
Saturday night and daytime too
Like to buy a nice watch?

Downtown threat, that’s me
In my debt you’ll be
Downtown threat, that’s me
In my debt you’ll be

The law didn’t last ‘cos the government lost
Their funk, they drowned in drink
But I kept my head, sold milk instead
Full throttle, kept me in the pink
When the milk went off it made a stink
So did I, and my desire
Was force them to put on a sell-by-date
Or my friends would help them expire

Tough guy scar on my face
Sent to jail on an income tax case
And history secures my final place
As the man who bought you the sell-by-date
Can’t believe it’s gone off