GZA - Victim lyrics

[Chorus:] Just another victim of the...victim of the ghetto Just another victim, that's how it goes, ooh Heavy foot traffic jam the hallway all day Adolescence workin' for small pay World so little, he could never leave his block His home full of riddle, so he always need his glock He coast with his eye open, keep his metal smokin' Young wasted minds, fiendin' on dimes, cokin' Forgot kids quick to break rules, and known to make fools Out of many, down the streets be more safe than school There's no diploma, that can break him from the coma A bloody war in the country, the youth hungry On the corner, hyenas amongst me Yabbin' 'bout the stories, they be hearin', always swearin' Can't even spell the sh** that he be wearin' Caught up in the silk web of material Superficial stains ya brain tissue, that's the issue The young is lost at their own cost, dreamin' Screamin' how we never hold positions, that's the meanin' Brothers of murder victims share the same grief The elderly shake their head in disbelief And no relief came till I aimed And blast one shot and left my name The GZA... [Chorus:] My residence is a city where army veterans smoke rocks On torn down blocks, drug spots set out their shops And cops watch, innocent n***az roam in flocks Romanism in tops, papers and knots Churches and liquor stores on every corner, plot to get money not Some funny n***az act like they could pop glocks and those who can't cop Sisters givin' up a** a lot, brothers givin' up cash a lot They be strugglin' to become someone because their parents not Just another victim of the ghetto, where lost minds settle When the devil uncivils society and die free With double 'W' followed by J-D around the necks And wrists the God is now a dog, the earth is called a b**h And all my people wish to get rich in this wilderness To push a Lexus, ice on everythin' from rings and bracelets to the necklaces Children molested within these pest infested buildings Thieves uneducated in these schools, paint on the ceilings Peelin' off, but all I see is lost black babies callin' "Please somebody save me, please somebody save me"