Key: D minor
Intro 1
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F
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C
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Em
Verse 1
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Cradled in the womb of the metropolis,
C
dodging hell swarm
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Vision of going to heaven,
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nothing can stop this
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Although I'm optimistic,
balance it with being realistic
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Is paradise is part of the plan
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or scribbled in some book and shit
Verse 2
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It all goes down as rain drops
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on my neighborhood
Em
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Love my hood and motherfucker
this ain't good
Crack heads selling dope
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to dope heads
On blocks that's rented by
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house niggaz
Verse 3
That's all getting rich off
of the bloodshed
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And as I ex perience, none the lesser
Em
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And it's high and it's high as I
got off of the reefers
The balance levels of horror, yo,
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ain't never disappear
Verse 4
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I know, you know
It's like we livin' in hell in the ghetto
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I know, you know
C
G
Babies is dying in the ghetto
Verse 5
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I know, you know
C
Mothers are crying in the ghetto
G
I know, you know
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It's like we livin' in hell in the ghetto
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G
Am
I know, you know
G
Like that, like that, like that
Verse 6
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I put the pedal to the metal,
heavy metal in the ghetto
I ain't got to raise it, cause
hell is the grimy ghetto
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I guess that's the catalyst
for so many fantasies
We can fantasize and happen
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G
to be surrounded by misery
Verse 7
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The daughters and sisters,
the little bitties
Princess inside ya beautiful
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But mommy can't afford
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the sparkles and dresses
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As a matter of fact, kids around here
Need to be walking with a vest on
Verse 8
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G
'Cause the quietest streets around here,
can be a war zone
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And I'm in such disgust,
'cause the police
Instead of protectin' and serving,
Verse 9
they serving us
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They brutalizin' and battering,
as a matter of fact
They play ghetto, officers,
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I see them laughing
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Trynna pick up girls in uniform
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Hanging out them college
dorms, we need some inform
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G
Why is he a ghetto? 'Cause soci
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ety divided by nothing but money, hello
Verse 10
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I know, you know
It's like we livin' in hell in the ghetto
F
I know, you know
C
G
Babies is dying in the ghetto
Verse 11
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I know, you know
Mothers are crying in the ghetto
C
G
I know, you know
Am
It's like we livin' in hell in the ghetto
C
G
Am
I know, you know
G
Like that, like that, like that
Verse 12
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From city to city, all over the globe
So many poverty stricken lives,
the facts'll make ya heads explode
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Cities and families, all over,
global overload
From Brownsville to Russia,
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through Somalia, through Croatia
Verse 13
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Lyrics are live, fight to survive,
it's a horror ride
Demons coming for your hide
but there's no where to run
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Straight up,
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and there's no where to hide
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Guess what, 'cause negative
situation is winning by a landslide
C
G
And if you living this life,
there's the worst schools
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And the worst doctors,
Interlude 1
guess what? Society got ya
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G
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F
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Verse 14
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I know, you know
It's like we livin' in hell in the ghetto
F
I know, you know
C
Babies is dying in the ghetto
Verse 15
Am
I know, you know
G
Mothers are crying in the ghetto
C
G
I know, you know
Am
It's like we livin' in hell in the ghetto
C
Am
G
I know, you know
Outro 1
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ChordsAm G F C Em
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