Living in the Ghetto-Big Swift

[00:01.12]Living in the Ghetto [00:02.37] [00:03.58]Chorus: [00:04.20] [00:09.08]Living in the ghetto where it's hard to survive [00:17.37]living in the ghetto we just trying to stay alive. [00:29.78] Living in the ghetto in the streets is do or die [00:33.32]living in the ghetto and that's all I know [00:38.75]Verse 1 [00:39.07]Now what would the ghetto be without car jacks, 50 packs, [00:39.38] [00:39.77] [00:42.15] dealers of crack, gambling shacks and n****** that's fixing up their Lacs. [00:45.00]Them ghetto streets filled with them fiends, [00:46.75] How would it look without that scene? [00:48.32] Probably clean, you know what I mean? [00:49.78]Too bad it's only a f****** dream. [00:51.40]What would the ghetto be without hood rats with weave and nails? [00:54.45] And could you picture the ghetto without liquor stores and keys to sell? [00:57.82] Dice games, hubcaps, running from laws, jumping the gates, [01:00.95]man I can't picture the ghetto without Cutlasses or 98's [01:04.25]or 38's and slant backs with gunshots and jealousy. [01:07.57]What would the ghetto be without n****** catching felonies? [01:10.53] And they telling me the projects wasn't made for blacks to raise us up, [01:13.57] but could you pictures a ghetto if the government gave a f***? [01:17.07]I know I can't my mom and aunt labeled up in the lower rank. [01:20.20]What would the ghetto be without WIC cards and candy paint? [01:23.37]Coupe De'ville's, Mickey D's, Converse and Herringbones. [01:26.70] Could you picture the ghetto if the laws left our ass alone? [01:29.53]CHORUS [01:33.95]Living in the ghetto where it's hard to survive [01:39.40]living in the ghetto we just trying to stay alive. [01:43.03]Living in the ghetto in the streets is do or die [01:48.00]living in the ghetto and that's all I know [01:55.53]Verse 2 [01:55.95]No ghetto rights just ghetto fights. [01:56.95]Busting up at them ghetto lights. [01:58.53] Depression be a ghetto sight from daybreak to them ghetto nights. [02:01.90]Welfare, afros, tech nines, and pounds of herb. [02:05.04] What would they ghetto be without gold teeth and Thunderbird? [02:08.58] B****** with braids n***** with fades, wood grain and Swisher Sweets. [02:11.28]Cellular phones jump out boys and J's on them youngsters feet. [02:14.62]Pregnant women, baybay kids, Kool Filter Kings, triple beams; [02:17.78]What would the ghetto be without cornbread and collard greens? [02:21.03]Bald heads, crack pipes, crips and bloods banging with thugs. [02:24.25]What would the ghetto be without hanging at clubs, slangin' them drugs? [02:27.37]Sagging our pants, taking a chance, robbing for a man's wealth, [02:30.53] but what would the ghetto be without my n****** killing they damn self? [02:33.75]In drop tops with Miller Lights, sitting in slabs rolling up blunts. [02:36.90] What would the ghetto be without waiting for checks on the first of the month? [02:40.15]American Express, Visa Gold in the ghetto? S*** I doubt it. [02:43.28]Our only card be the Lone Star and we never leave home without it! CHORUS [02:48.62]living in the ghetto where it's hard to stay alive. [02:57.37]Living in the ghetto we just trying to survive. [03:01.28] Living in the ghetto in the streets is do or die [03:05.33]living in the ghetto and that's all I know [03:12.28]Verse 3 [03:12.65]Now what would the ghetto be without hustlers trying to make a buck? [03:15.33] Unemployed down on our luck and little kids chasing the ice cream truck? [03:18.57] Kangols, Polos and gossiping where the drama goes. [03:21.75] Now what would the ghetto be without fried chicken and dominoes? [03:24.90]Now I'mma go reminisce but I can't leave out those TV dinners. [03:28.62] What would the ghetto be without using a hanger for an antenna? [03:31.75]Gucci bags, vinyl tops, oxtails and nicotine. [03:34.62]What would the ghetto be without the Isley Brothers and Al Green? [03:39.37]Yeah that might sound too wild, [03:41.28]but what would the ghetto be without hearing n**** please and ooh child? [03:44.50] Two childs with two smiles rolling up in that Pontiac, [03:47.40] now what would the ghetto be without packing our clothes to the laundromat? [03:53.37]Baby mamas and baby daddies, [03:54.50]security gates, section 8, 84's and vogues on them caddies. [03:57.40] What would the ghetto be without Jack In The Box, [03:59.50]ziplocks, thrift shops, ham hocks and birth of that hip hop? CHORUS [04:04.50]living in the ghetto where it's hard to stay alive. [04:09.28]Living in the ghetto we just trying to survive. [04:17.25] Living in the ghetto in the streets is do or die [04:21.87]living in the ghetto and that's all I know