These streets remind me of quicksand When you’re on it you’ll keep going down And there’s no one to hold on to And there’s no one to pull you out
You keep on falling And no one can hear you calling So you end up self-destructing
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 K-9 Dark memories of when there was no sunshine
‘Cause they said that I wouldn’t make it I remember like yesterday Holding on to what God gave me
‘Cause that’s the life When you’re living in the ghetto And eating in the ghetto Or sleeping in the ghetto, ghetto ‘Cause that’s the life When you’re living in the ghetto And eating in the ghetto Or sleeping in the ghetto, 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’s gon’ be your last Once you move forward can’t go back Best prepare to remove your past
‘Cause you gotta be willing to pray Yes there gotta be, yeah, gotta be a better way Yes you gotta be willing to pray ‘Cause there gotta be, yeah, gotta be a better day
Whoever said that this struggle would stop today A lot of niggas dead or locked away Teenage women growing up with AIDS
‘Cause that’s the life When you’re living in the ghetto Or eating in the ghetto Or sleeping in the ghetto, ghetto That’s the life When you’re living in the ghetto Or eating in the ghetto Or sleeping in the ghetto, ghetto, ghetto
Gun shots every night In the ghetto Crooked cops on sight In the ghetto Every day is a fight In the ghetto, ghetto Got kids to feed In the ghetto Selling coke and weed In the ghetto Every day somebody bleed In the ghetto, ghetto
That’s the life When you’re living in the ghetto Or living by the ghetto Or eating in the ghetto, ghetto That’s the life When you’re living in the ghetto Or sleeping in the ghetto Living in the ghetto, ghetto, ghetto