These streets remind me of
quicksand (quicksand)
When your on it you'll keep goin
down (goin down)
And there's noone to hold on too
And there's noone to pull you
out
You keep on fallin (falling)
And noone can here you callin
So you end up self destructing
On the corner with the tuli on
the waist tight just got outta
the bing doin stay time
Teeth marks on my back from the
canine
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
[chorus]
Cause thats the life when ur
Living in the (ghetto)and
Eating in the (ghetto)or
Sleeping in the (ghetto) (ghetto)
Cause thats the life when ur
Living in the (ghetto)and
Eating in the (ghetto)or
Sleeping in the (ghetto, ghetto,
ghetto)
[verse two]
No need to cherish luxuries
(cause everythin' come and go)
Even the life that you have is
borrowed
(Cause your not promised
tomorrow)
So life your life as if
everydays' gon be your last
Once you move forward can't go
back
Best prepare to remove your past
Cause ya gotta be willin to pray
Yea There gotta be (there gotta
be) a better way oh
Yea ya gotta be willing to pray
Cause there gotta be (there
gotta be) a better day (ay)
Whoever said that this drama
would stop today
A lot of niggers dead or locked
away
Teenage Women growing up with
aids
[chorus]
Cause thats the life when your
Living in the (ghetto) oh
Eating in the (ghetto) or
Sleeping in the (ghetto, ghetto)
Thats the life when ur
Living in the (ghetto)oh
Eating in the (ghetto) or
Sleeping in the (ghetto, ghetto,
ghetto)
[bridge]
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 bleed in the
(ghetto)
(oh oh oh oh oh) (ghetto)
[chorus]
Thats the life when your
Living in the (ghetto)oh
Living by the (ghetto)oh
Eating in the (ghetto, ghetto)
Thats the life when your
Living in the (ghetto)oh
Sleeping in the (ghetto)
Living in the (ghetto, ghetto,
ghetto)
