Uhh Hit them with a lil' ghetto gospel Yeah! Ma Ghetto Gospel! Ghetto, Ghetto, Ghetto, Ghetto we livin' (2Pac) If I could recollect before my hood days I'd sit and reminisce, n***a and bliss on the good days I stop and stare at the younger, my heart goes to 'em They tested, it was stressed that they under We never really went threw that coz we was born B.C u n me b4 crack In our days, things changed Everyone's ashamed to the youth 'cause the truth looks strange And for me it's reversed, we left them a world that's cursed, and it hurts Cause any day they'll push the bu*ton And y'all condemned like Malcolm x and Bobby Hunton, died for nothin Don't them let me get teary, the world looks dreary But when you wipe your eyes, see it clearly There's no need for you to fear me If you take the time to hear me, maybe you can learn to cheer me It ain't about black or white, 'cause we're human I hope we see the light before its ruined My ghetto gospel (Akon) Whoever said that this struggle would stop today A lot of n***as dead or locked away Teenage Women growing up with aids Cause that's the life when your Living in the (ghetto) Or eating in the (ghetto) Or sleeping in the (ghetto, ghetto) That's the life when your Living in the (ghetto) Or eating in the (ghetto) Or sleeping in the (ghetto, ghetto, ghetto) (2Pac) Tell me do you see that old lady ain't it sad Living out a bag, but she's glad for the little things she has And over there there's a lady, crack got her crazy Guess she's given birth to a baby I don't trip and let it fade me, from outta the frying pan We jump into another form of slavery Even now I keep discouraged Wonder if they take it all back while I still keep the courage I refuse to be a role model I set goals, take control, drink out my own bottle I make mistakes, I learn from everyone And when its said and done I bet this brotha be a better one If I'm upset, you don't stress Never forget, that God hasn't finished with me yet I feel his hand on my brain When I write rhymes, I go blind, and let the lord do his thang But am I less holy 'cause I choose to puff a blunt and drink a beer with my homies Before we find world peace We gotta find peace in that war on the streets My ghetto gospel (Akon) Whoever said that this struggle would stop today A lot of n***as dead or locked away Teenage Women growing up with aids Cause that's the life when your Living in the (ghetto) Or eating in the (ghetto) Or sleeping in the (ghetto, ghetto) That's the life when your Living in the (ghetto) Or eating in the (ghetto) Or sleeping in the (ghetto, ghetto, ghetto) (Akon) Gun shots every night in the (ghetto) Crooked cops on sight in the (ghetto) Every day is a fight in the (ghetto) (oh oh oh oh oh) (ghetto) Got kids to feed in the (ghetto) Selling coke and weed in the (ghetto) Every day somebody bleeding in the (ghetto) (oh oh oh oh oh) (ghetto) 'cause that's the life when your Livin in the (ghetto) Or livin by the (ghetto) Or eatin in the (ghetto, ghetto) 'cause that's the life your Livin in the (ghetto) Or sleepin in the (ghetto) Livin in the (ghetto, ghetto, ghetto)