ghetto ghetto
ghetto ghetto livin’
these streets remind me of quicksand
when you’re on it you’ll keep 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 selfdestructin’
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 k9
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
hook
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
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 niggas dead or locked away
teenage women growin’ up with aids
hook
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
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 weed in the ghetto
everyday somebody bleed in the ghetto
oh oh oh oh oh ghetto livin’
hook
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
Artist: Akon
Year: 2005
Decade: 00s
Language: en
Word Count: 215