Marky Mark & The Funky Bunch 
 Written By: Spice/M.Wahlberg/L. Reed 
  
  
 Ah yeah huh..America the Beautiful 
 Huh, yeah, let me introduce y'all..to the Wildside 
  
 Annie was a high school cheerleader 
 Pom poms and bobby socks, no girl was sweeter 
 Come Prom time everybody was on the line 
 All the fellas swinging nickel and dime 
 Tales about love and lust and trust 
 But Annie took it all in stride 
 Cause deep inside Annie had aspirations 
 Wanted to be a chemical engineer 
 Making 50 to 55 thousand a year 
 Her first year of college was a success 
 But along came Billy possessed and obsessed 
 He took Annie on a fatal date 
 And showed her things that make heartbeats accelerate 
 Annie took a hit breathed two short breaths 
 One for life..the last for death 
 Now she's gone, a former Valedictorian 
 Ended up becoming a topic for historians 
 Washe up dreams and shattered pride 
 All because Annie took a hit - on the Wildside 
  
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 Ron had enough of being broke everyday 
 Saying to himself, there's gotta be a betta way 
 Cause 9 to 5 wasn't worth the headaches 
 So Ron figured out a faster way to make - money 
 Before you know it, he's a rich man 
 Gold on every finger of his hand 
 A brand new BMW, a condo, Ron ended up a John Doe 
 A body was found in the alley but never clained 
 Full of bullet holes but none to blame 
 Ron became another victim of homicide 
 Because he chose to walk - on the Wildside 
  
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 Charles had everything going for him 
 A top paying job, a good life, a good wife 
 A baby boy on the way any day 
 A gentleman attitude is all he displayed 
 Carol was the wife he loved and adored 
 Her family and freinds treated him like an Ambassador 
 One night on the other side of town 
 A police dispatcher picked up a weird sound 
 Charles on the car phone asking for help 
 Claiming a burglar shot his wife and himself 
 His pregnant wife lay slumped over 
 Dreams corrupted and a young life over 
 Extensive searches throughout the projects 
 Put a lot of people through misery and wreck 
 Everyone a suspect til someone was found 
 Interrigated cause their skin was brown 
 Then there was Bennett, guilty until proven so 
 But soon as the case started moving slow 
 What do you know, sure as as sea gull gets webbed toed 
 Charles was the culprit 
 The whole plot was an insurance scam 
 Charles and his brother came up with a plan 
 Kill Carol, collect a big check 
 Blame it on a black man, what the heck? 
 And just before the story was known 
 Charles had a feeling that his cover was blown 
 So he jumped offa bridge 
 Committed suicide 
 This is how it is - on the Wildside 
  
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 Little Tiffany, only thirteen 
 Came to the city, place of big dreams 
 Visiting family and friends for the summertime 
 Sittin' on a mailbox, watchin' the boys climb trees 
 And the girls play hopscotch 
 So far, her vacation was top notch 
 Then out of the blue, a Mercedes at top speed 
 Gang bangers chasin' the robbers on the stampede 
 Quick as a blink shots rang out loud 
 And a hail of bullets zipped through the crowd 
 One hit Tiffany, and instantly she died 
 Innocently - on the Wildside