808xELiTE - Ghetto Ghetto lyrics

God love the ghetto Live it like you preach Blessed be the poor Blessed be the hungry Blessed if you mourn Blessed if you want peace Blessed be the ghetto Blessed be the streets Ghetto ghetto ghetto Ghetto ghetto yeah The ghetto we love For the ghetto we pray Ghetto ghetto ghetto Ghetto ghetto yeah From JA to the USA Let me set the record straight I am not claiming to be gangster Moody Bible Institute communications major Got my bachelor of arts in May two thousand ten And I read Soren Kierkegaard and Dietrich Bonhoeffer For kicks. But I grew up in the LBC And used to want to be a G but Gangsterness is inconsistent with my Christianity Speaking of consistency How can we say that we read, and obey the Scripture If we don't love those in poverty Pure and undefiled religion, Jesus living at its core Caring for the widow and the orphan, let me bring it home Caring for the baby mama, ghetto boys without A father, bringing hope into bottom Let 'em know that Jesus got 'em Give 'em Christ holistically, bread of life and bread to eat Train 'em in the Word of God, meaning teach 'em how to read How to work how to serve, how to get and keep a job If we do not love the ghetto we don't got the heart of God Take the Gospel to the hood, both at home and abroad Ghettos all around the planet India to Senegal, Houston In that 3rd Ward, (generation 1) no it is not either or Love the poor locally and globally just like our Lord. No we cannot do it all, but we all can do it If we committed to using what the Spirit distributed Each Christian has a gift, but we got it just to give So let's go into the ghetto making everybody rich With that eternal treasure, not the kind you You hoard and save, but the kind that only grows When you giving it away. The ghetto is a harvest But the workers are afraid, we'd rather send donations And remain where we are safe. But if we follow Jesus Don't you know He's gonna lead us right into the ghetto Eating with the prostitutes and tweakers. So get up off Your keaster, yeah I said it you can laugh, I told you I was not gangsta but the ghetto's where it's at ]Bridge] The ghetto is a place, where Jesus used to live So tell me why some Christians are not reaching them?