[00:00:00] Ghetto Livin' (feat. The Ghetto Commission) - Mia x [00:00:09] Ghetto living [00:00:13] Ghetto living ghetto living [00:00:19] Ghetto living ghetto living [00:00:25] My mama once told me [00:00:27] That the streets ain't safe [00:00:28] So I walked 'round with a vest [00:00:30] And a strap on my waist [00:00:31] I'm living in a strange place [00:00:32] Where all the odds are against me [00:00:34] I'm doin' bad [00:00:35] And the sh*t you got is startin' to tempt me [00:00:37] We never had [00:00:38] 'Cause the ghetto got us trapped in depression [00:00:40] Learnin' lesson after lesson [00:00:42] 'Cause the devil be testin' [00:00:43] It got me stressin' [00:00:44] Keep my Smith N Wesson cocked at all times [00:00:46] 'Cause even I could fall to victim [00:00:47] At the drop of a dime [00:00:49] But that's the chances [00:00:50] I got to take to escape all of this madness [00:00:52] That put you in the casket [00:00:54] For the cornbread and cabbage [00:00:55] Lord knows [00:00:56] I'm tryin' to find an exit out the ghetto [00:00:58] But it won't let go [00:01:00] That's why I got to tote my pistol [00:01:01] Ghetto living [00:01:02] Father forgive me [00:01:04] I know that what I do is wrong [00:01:07] Ghetto living [00:01:08] I been tryin' a find a better way for so long [00:01:13] Ghetto living [00:01:14] Father forgive me [00:01:16] I know that what I do is wrong [00:01:19] Ghetto living [00:01:20] I been tryin' a find a better way for so long [00:01:25] Soldiers die in my world [00:01:26] But people look at killers like stars [00:01:28] We duckin' from the laws [00:01:29] 'Cause we ain't tryin' to live behind bars [00:01:31] Growin' up with less [00:01:32] Envious of what the next man had [00:01:34] Never knew what livin' good was till [00:01:35] I started movin' them sacks [00:01:37] My hood infested with crack [00:01:38] That's why I paint a picture so vivid [00:01:40] I tell it 'cause I live it [00:01:41] Runnin' with boss b**ches and niggas that get convicted [00:01:43] This street got us all [00:01:44] Nothin' changed in the game but the players [00:01:46] I'm talkin' about the hustlers [00:01:47] The ballers the killers and the rhyme sayers [00:01:49] That's why I ain't scared to pop a ni**a [00:01:51] Stop a ni**a drop a ni**a [00:01:53] I only f**k with the real [00:01:54] 'Cause it's real in my battlefield [00:01:55] I hope it's true what they say [00:01:57] And that the father forgives [00:01:58] Excuse me for the things I do [00:02:00] 'Cause in the ghetto I live [00:02:01] Ghetto living [00:02:02] Father forgive me [00:02:04] I know that what I do is wrong [00:02:06] Ghetto living [00:02:08] I been tryin' a find a better way for so long [00:02:13] Ghetto living [00:02:14] Father forgive me [00:02:16] I know that what I do is wrong [00:02:18] Ghetto living [00:02:20] I been tryin' a find a better way for so long [00:02:25] This sh*t's goin' get even realer [00:02:26] So you ain't gotta ask I feel ya [00:02:28] I live the life of a hard knock [00:02:30] That ghetto b**ch on the block [00:02:32] My ni**a had a shop [00:02:33] I took the rocks and bag w**d [00:02:34] Chased them broads down with china [00:02:36] And ran a lot of minors [00:02:37] With big tymer dreams of money [00:02:39] Hoes and clothes [00:02:40] They didn't get it [00:02:41] Tombstones and jail cells also come with it [00:02:44] I pity all them babies born from crack mama's [00:02:46] But I'm a mama too [00:02:47] And when the bills is due I gotta [00:02:49] Get it how I live bitter tears I cry [00:02:52] My best friend my cousin and my man died [00:02:54] Or should I say was murdered [00:02:56] I know you heard the same stories before [00:02:58] We walk the streets like we poverties [00:03:00] Whores behind the dollar bill [00:03:02] This still life got us dying so young [00:03:04] Precious Lord let the new day come [00:03:08] 'Cause ain't no winning when your living like that [00:03:10] It's the blueprint the plan the set up the trap [00:03:13] Ghetto living [00:03:14] Father forgive me [00:03:16] I know that what I do is wrong