Once a little gangsta called himself the Brother Brown All was violent fun and transgression These dirty deeds just headed the mob top of the capital Big Daddy's not known by yer mercy It's not about business, it's not about money Just one more criminal dancing Attempt to defy the dealer of life Played cards with the devil at moonlight Red roses expose, yeah Let there be fly of the bullets Come on back, you monkey Cover you funky You rule the downtown You rule the downtown Jimmy The Cobra run to meeting Brother Brown Brought him a proposal from the Daddy Give in the old submission and clean up the town Lead the East Riverside out of taxes It's not for vengeance, it's not for the honor The deal just can't be accomplished He came to dethrone the king of the Bronx Don't take of a nigger the conquest Red roses expose, yeah Let there be fly of the bullets Come on back, you monkey Cover you funky You rule the downtown You rule the downtown "God gave the guns for the Hobo and said Let there be fly of the bullets" Brother Brown, '74