[Verse:] Lenox Avenue is known For doing the low down But you'll find they're not alone In doing the low down Fifth Avenue's learning how They had to fall Fifth Avenue does it now But that's not all [Refrain:] Whenever the folks high-up do that mean low down There is no low down lower than that Whenever the swells slow down and become low down There is no low down lower than that You may believe it or not When they start getting hot There is no Hottentot That's hotter than that So you can lay your dough down when they go low down There is no low down lower than that
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