(in the ghetto) (seems like, the whole world) (the ghetto) A place where Jake don't feel safe Cause the thugs got the block locked down There's no escape in the (ghetto) There's petty hustlers, they flip fiends and uh Our holiday's every first and fifteenth It's the (ghetto) A place where some people can't shine for themselves So when they rob you they just crying for help And it seems like we make the whole world go round And everybody wanna be down Copy the sounds of the (ghetto) Boys and girls grow up fast Chicken-heads run the streets as soon as they eggs hatch Players posted up, perking perpendicular Searching for a way but all they have is the (ghetto) They settle for the street cred Instead of trying to teach heads The best way to walk the narrow path in the (ghetto) It's sad cause we wanna bust shots Getting props for licking the block hot You're messing up the (ghetto) It's time to make a change for the better By starting with ourselves The Word is my sword and it's such a better feel In the (ghetto) A section where the Jews were restricted Where they separated blacks from the world, know ya history (The ghetto) Most people wish that they were from but never come Cause they know somebody dumb got a gun in the (ghetto) There's real people that do real things Everybody don't have bling but we all have dreams And is seems like they make the whole world Believe that there's nothing for you and me except Drugs and BET in the (ghetto) A place where Jake don't feel safe Cause the thugs got the block locked down There's no escape in the (ghetto) There's petty hustlers, they flip fiends and uh Our holiday's every first and fifteenth It's the (ghetto) A place where some people can't shine for themselves So when they murder you they just crying for help And it seems like we make the whole world go round And everybody wanna be down Copy the sounds of the (ghetto) Yo it'll make you or break you Some people hate just to see how far it'll take them (The ghetto) is what we need to get out of We get distracted and what happens? We forget about love up in the (ghetto) It's where the single mothers rise up, wise up And put they foot down when times tough And it seems like we make the whole world think that There ain't no real men stepping up to be fathers up in the (ghetto) Afterlife, after Passion of the Christ Theory Hazit spit it right So I sacrifice my life cause the (ghetto) Trying to kill, Master P feels me When you a college boy it's hard being a victim of the (ghetto) Jam is about to slam dominoes Theory spits the facts up waken ya out of your comatose And it seems like we got the whole world following trends They're even trying to mock Eminem and blame the (ghetto) A place where Jake don't feel safe Cause the thugs got the block locked down There's no escape in the (ghetto) There's petty hustlers, they flip fiends and uh Our holiday's every first and fifteenth It's the (ghetto) A place where some people can't shine for themselves So when they jump you they just crying for help And it seems like we make the whole world go round And everybody wanna be down Copy the sounds of the (ghetto) Yeah...this is dedicated to my cousin Bryan Clark, keep ya head up, baby