[00:21.30]Ghetto, ghetto
[00:26.26]Ghetto, ghetto livin'
[00:31.85]These streets remind me of quicksand(quicksand)
[00:35.47]When you're on it
[00:36.79]You'll keep goin' down(goin' down)
[00:39.90]And there's no one to hold on to
[00:42.94]And there's no one to pull you out
[00:45.46]You keep on fallin'
[00:46.89]No one can hear you callin'
[00:49.34]So you end up self-destructin'
[00:51.59]On the corner
[00:52.13]With the toolie on the waist line
[00:54.13]Just got up out the thing doin' state time
[00:56.66]Teeth marks on my back from the K-9
[00:59.04]Dark memories of when there was no sunshine
[01:01.65]'Cause they said that I wouldn't make it
[01:04.79]I remember like yesterday
[01:06.99]Holdin' on to what God gave me
[01:10.22]'Cause that's the life
[01:11.34]When you're livin' in the (ghetto)
[01:14.29]And eatin' in the (ghetto)
[01:16.76]Oh, sleepin' in the (ghetto)
[01:19.29]Ghetto, that's the life
[01:21.66]When you're livin' in the (ghetto)
[01:24.57]And eatin' in the (ghetto)
[01:26.93]Oh, sleepin' in the ghetto ghetto ghetto
[01:32.87]No need to cherish luxuries
[01:35.83]'Cause everything come and go
[01:37.96]Even the life that you have is borrowed
[01:40.61]'Cause you're not promised tomorrow
[01:42.95]So live your life
[01:44.61]As if every day is gon' be your last
[01:48.20]Once you've moved forward
[01:49.42]You can't go back just to remove your past
[01:52.94]'Cause you gotta be willin' to pray
[01:54.86]Yes, there gotta be
[01:55.83]There gotta be a better way
[01:58.20]Yes, you gotta be willin' to pray
[01:59.89]'Cause there gotta be
[02:00.90]There gotta be a better day
[02:03.39]Whoever said that
[02:04.78]The struggle would stop today
[02:06.63]A lot a ****** dead or locked away
[02:09.17]Teenage women growin' up with AIDS
[02:11.64]'Cause that's the life
[02:12.57]When you're livin' in the (ghetto)
[02:15.31]Oh, eatin' in the (ghetto)
[02:17.91]Oh, sleepin' in the (ghetto)
[02:20.66]Ghetto, that's the life
[02:23.11]When you're livin' in the (ghetto)
[02:25.87]Oh, eatin' in the (ghetto)
[02:28.00]Oh, sleepin' in the ghetto ghetto ghetto
[02:33.57]Gun shots every night in the (ghetto)
[02:35.98]Crooked cops on sight in the (ghetto)
[02:38.45]Everyday is a fight in the (ghetto)
[02:40.95]Oh oh oh oh oh (ghetto livin')
[02:43.97]Got kids to feed in the (ghetto)
[02:46.19]Sellin' coke and **** in the (ghetto)
[02:48.34]Everyday somebody bleed in the (ghetto)
[02:51.11]Oh oh oh oh oh (ghetto)
[02:52.79]That's the life
[02:53.70]When you're livin' in the (ghetto)
[02:56.67]Oh, livin' by the (ghetto)
[02:58.98]Oh, eatin' in the (ghetto)
[03:02.64]That's the life
[03:04.07]When you're livin' in the (ghetto)
[03:06.57]Oh, sleepin' in the (ghetto)
[03:09.33]Livin' in the ghetto ghetto ghetto

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 ****** 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 **** 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