Verse - Ghetto Child lyrics

[Verse One] These are words for my dream children I gotta build self-esteem children I hope they live to seventeen children I feel the pain, I say these things out of love Call you brother, call you sister, I'm as real as your blood Pourin' liquor in the memory of thugs that I've known But in retrospect, they're only kids who never got grown You were strong for livin through it, lifestyle so wild But people are so foul and evil, Ghetto child I hate to see you wonder how you're gonna make it out alive Yesterday a drive by, you pray, friends died I had five go in one summer I overstand the pressure you're under But never wonder if somebody loves ya That's why I call you brother or sister. Baby, dream! Life is a relay race, we're on the same team And I'm pa**in the baton to the kings and the queens Through community cuz unity is what freedom brings Brother, sing... [Chorus: Jai Lartey] Ghetto Child You were born You've been through... So many trials and tribulations Ghetto Child Life goes on And through my song You will be closer to the truth that you've been living on... [Verse 2] I have dreams of having dream babies I wanna treat you all like queens ladies It breaks my heart when you're being shady Its crazy how conditions splittin us up Pimpin came from slavery baby, the system's corrupt But, I have a vision for a better tomorrow That's why I feel the pain, addressing the sorrow Cause I'm livin on borrowed time Some people want me in the chalk line Cause I'm just a black prince with the balls to speak his mind What's crime? We have a right to hustle Life's a struggle, but you have to utilize your heart That's your righteous muscle Anything you built could crumble baby, humble yourself Here today, gone tomorrow, thank the lord for your health That's your wealth, something else we don't know Ghetto child lifestyle was a gift from God though Cause the ghetto child glows in the heart from the start You've got what it takes to make it, you can walk through the dark [Chorus] [Verse 3] These are words for my cool children Getting high behind the school building Man, I feel what the hell you feelin' Still its my responsibility, son To treat you like a son, even though I'm yet to have one Man, I'm from the same place, the same state that you at But life was tougher back then, we laid punks on they backs And bamas clapped a little more, from Tec 9's to 44's Selling d** or pimpin who*es cause we hated being poor Life's a war ghetto children. Society, they lie to us Building prisons cause the system doesn't value us But our science is that of calculus, young What goes around comes around and the circle ain't done Our ancestors sung songs of Zion, The tribe of Judah Even Bob Marley reppin the Lion and smoked the buddha We climbin to the highest of heights If you get lost in the dark, Know your heart got the light Ghetto Child... [Chorus]