In The Ghetto-Trae

In The Ghetto - Trae Yeah. [Hook: Russell Lee] [x2] In The Ghetto, I'm livin' in a ghetto world In The Ghetto (In The Ghetto), it's a struggle but I gotta maintain. [Trae:] Welcome to the ghetto, where forever be the same Hard times, got my people unable to maintain Everytime I look around, it's somebody doin' bad That'll put you in the grave, for som'ing they never had Everyday in the hood it be the same thing Poverty runnin' my people, so they love pain And I don't know if it's wrong, but still I know it ain't right I seen alot of people die in the street life The other day it hit my heart when I watch the news A lil' girl got killed while she was 'sleep in her room And she ain't deserve to die 'cause that's a kid dawg Them niggas took the life, that she ain't get to live at all Sometimes I wanna help the ghetto, but it ain't gon do a thing Cause I know that they ignant & that's a god damn shame It's an everyday task, tryin' to live a good life Inside of the ghetto, where everybody be shife. [Hook: Russell Lee] In The Ghetto, I'm living in a ghetto world In The Ghetto (In The Ghetto), it's a struggle but I gotta maintain. [Yung Redd:] Welcome to the South, niggas ain't sleep at all Ery'body out on the block, stay duckin' them laws A couple niggas on parole, hustlin' by the store I'm tellin' that ain't the way to go, play your role But you don't hear me though, this what I'm livin' fo' Hustle 'til I get mine, grind cause I need mo' Shots release, too late for you to scream peace This how it is in the street, leavin' is obsolete And still I maintain seein' the same thing Sometime I scream my brain just lookin' for a change But day in & day out, I move in & move out Keep my bidness discrete, I'm on a paper route I wasn't broke for nothin' still I was learnin' some'ing If you ain't been through nothin' then you ain't seen nothin' This how it really is around my way Where anybody can get it, anytime of the day. [Lil' Boss:] I analyze the block, babies are runnin' round with glocks D**e in they socks, can't skip hot so f**k the cops Moving from crumbs to bricks, ni**a these slums are thick I try to tell my lil' niggas, but they think they slick These white folks don't play, they gon' hot your way They try to give you 20 years, just for livin' the wrong way And who's to say now-a-day, right from wrong They ain't livin' how we live, so they can't get in my zone We get chased home for stones & laws wanna break our bones In places in & out a high cell to roam And that's probably the reason we goin' crazy Pissed at poverty 'cause the system tryin' to fade me Lately, I've been tryin' to stay out of trouble But it's hard to stop from coppin' the sack & flippin' the double Don't catch the wrong route, when you on that Metro There's a sign in front of the hood, that says "Welcome To the Ghetto." [Hook: Russell Lee] [x2] In The Ghetto, I'm livin' in a ghetto world In The Ghetto (In The Ghetto), it's a struggle but I gotta maintain. [Spice 1:] I wonder if heaven got a ghetto But b-burnin' down the b-block, I put the petal to the medal Runnin' with my cousins in Texas, Lil' Cross & Big Money My ni**a Trae & Lil' Joe, ni**a all action In the ghetto, I've been ridin' through the hood for years And ain't a damn thing changed, mama still sheddin' tears Niggas fresh out the Penn, some niggas just goin' in Some niggas gon' run & stutter turnin' they self in Never seen a black man flyin' d**e on a plane But they lock us up for it shackle us with chains Welcome to the ghetto, ghetto starts & mob cars With bullet holes in it, niggas shot up & scarred But still livin' driven by the game itself To stay alive in these cold streets, mashin' for wealth Up in this ghetto, O.G.'s P's & C's Thugs, pimps, players hit the 6-4's or 3's. [Hook: Russell Lee] [x2] In The Ghetto, I'm livin' in a ghetto world In The Ghetto (In The Ghetto), it's a struggle but I gotta maintain. [Russell Lee:] Yeah, ghetto ghetto life Of mi-ine, li-li-li-life life. Welcome to the ghetto.