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Can i talk about the ghetto? |
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That's where i'm from |
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Listen up, whoa |
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Just ridin' through the neighborhood |
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What i see don't look too good |
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All my brothers hustlin' |
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All my sisters strugglin' |
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Just to make it through another day |
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Just another day |
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That's just the way it is |
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(just the way it is) |
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When you're living |
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(living in the ghetto) |
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Trying to make it seems so hard |
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(living in the ghetto) |
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Unemployment, don't even have no jobs |
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(living in the ghetto) whoa |
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(i grew up in the ghetto) |
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In the ghetto, ghetto whoa |
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Still got so many memories (memories) |
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Growing up with my family (oh family) |
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Still westside 'till i die (throw it up) |
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And even though i'm living in a highrise |
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It's not where you are but it's where you're from |
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Daddy told me long ago |
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That's why i'll never forget my days |
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(never forget my days, no) |
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(living in the ghetto) |
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People don't got no where to go |
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(living in the ghetto) |
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Pimps and hustlers everybody knows |
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(living in the ghetto) whoa |
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(i grew up in the ghetto) |
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In the ghetto, in the ghetto |
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Play on, play on |
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My, my, my, my, my, my, my |
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Somebody tell me why |
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It has to be this way |
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Oh why? |
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Don't give up, no, no |
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Listen |
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This is for my queens |
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Keep your hopes high |
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Stay down on your knees |
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Praying every night |
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There'll be days like these |
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Mama used to say |
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Ain't no need to worry |
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He's gonna make a way |
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And this is for my kings |
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Don't forget respect |
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Gotta keep moving on |
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Cause it ain't over yet |
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Keep your head about it |
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Keep your head about it |
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'bout it, 'bout it, 'bout it |
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While you're living |
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(living in the ghetto) |
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See i'll never forget where i'm from, no, no |
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(living in the ghetto) |
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And how far i've come, see i've come too far |
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(living in the ghetto) |
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In the ghetto, who |
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(i grew up in the ghetto) |
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In the ghetto, the ghetto |
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(living in the ghetto) |
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So many kids out in the streets |
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(living in the ghetto) |
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2 o'clock in the morning when they need to be at home asleep |
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(living in the ghetto) |
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In the ghetto, in the ghetto |