Ghetto, ghetto
Ghetto, ghetto livin'
These streets remind me of quicksand(quicksand)
When you're on it
You'll keep goin' down(goin' down)
And there's no one to hold on to
And there's no one to pull you out
You keep on fallin'
No one can hear you callin'
So you end up self-destructin'
On the corner
With the toolie on the waist line
Just got up out the thing doin' state time
Teeth marks on my back from the K-9
Dark memories of when there was no sunshine
'Cause they said that I wouldn't make it
I remember like yesterday
Holdin' on to what God gave me
'Cause that's the life
When you're livin' in the (ghetto)
And eatin' in the (ghetto)
Oh, sleepin' in the (ghetto)
Ghetto, that's the life
When you're livin' in the (ghetto)
And eatin' in the (ghetto)
Oh, sleepin' in the ghetto ghetto ghetto
No need to cherish luxuries
'Cause everything come and go
Even the life that you have is borrowed
'Cause you're not promised tomorrow
So live your life
As if every day is gon' be your last
Once you've moved forward
You can't go back just to remove your past
'Cause you gotta be willin' to pray
Yes, there gotta be
There gotta be a better way
Yes, you gotta be willin' to pray
'Cause there gotta be
There gotta be a better day
Whoever said that
The struggle would stop today
A lot a niggas dead or locked away
Teenage women growin' up with AIDS
'Cause that's the life
When you're livin' in the (ghetto)
Oh, eatin' in the (ghetto)
Oh, sleepin' in the (ghetto)
Ghetto, that's the life
When you're livin' in the (ghetto)
Oh, eatin' in the (ghetto)
Oh, sleepin' in the ghetto ghetto ghetto
Gun shots every night in the (ghetto)
Crooked cops on sight in the (ghetto)
Everyday is a fight in the (ghetto)
Oh oh oh oh oh (ghetto livin')
Got kids to feed in the (ghetto)
Sellin' coke and weed in the (ghetto)
Everyday somebody bleed in the (ghetto)
Oh oh oh oh oh (ghetto)
That's the life
When you're livin' in the (ghetto)
Oh, livin' by the (ghetto)
Oh, eatin' in the (ghetto)
That's the life
When you're livin' in the (ghetto)
Oh, sleepin' in the (ghetto)
Livin' in the ghetto ghetto ghetto