[00:00:00] Ghetto Ride - Dirty [00:00:27] Now when I was born I wasn't warned of all the harm that I would [00:00:29] See [00:00:30] Been harassed by the police seein' my peeps gettin' killed in the streets [00:00:34] Most don't have no food to eat and most don't have no place to sleep [00:00:37] Is this how it's 'posed to be livin' our life uncomfortably now [00:00:41] Somebody better give me some answers if they don't want no beef to start [00:00:44] Because I'll draw down on your preacher and make him get in contact with god [00:00:48] And ask the man why the times so hard why do my people struggle [00:00:51] Why do my people suffer and why do we hate each other [00:00:54] And can't you see how corrupt this land here really is [00:00:57] Can't you see them ghetto tears my folks been cryin' for years [00:01:01] A lot of ones don' went astray a lot of ones confused to say [00:01:04] But a lot of us pray hopin' that you'll come down here and get us [00:01:07] One day [00:01:08] And get us off this evil place so you can teach us right [00:01:11] We've been deceived by the beast that's why we been so blind [00:01:15] So lord I take this time to tell you how I feel [00:01:18] And I hope you hear me come and get your son up out of here [00:01:22] Let me take you on a ghetto ride [00:01:30] Through this crooked world [00:01:36] Wash the pain and tears from the eyes [00:01:43] Of the boys and girls [00:01:47] Well I can remember comin' home one day and all our furniture was gone [00:01:51] My mama cryin' cause all we got is the clothes we had on [00:01:55] My mama was strong she wipe her eyes and picked up the phone [00:01:58] My grandma stayed right down the street so she made that my home [00:02:01] I love my grandma mms burnet and her first name Louise [00:02:05] She raised me for some years till my mama got on her feet [00:02:08] It was a house full bout twelve folk everyday tryin' to eat [00:02:12] Can you imagine the youngest two was just me and me g [00:02:15] Hell we stayed fed off instant grits and gravy [00:02:18] Her whittlings and pig ears was so good they make you want to Bankhead [00:02:21] Now tell me that you think that my life would have been so tainted [00:02:24] If my dad was there because he ain't dead [00:02:26] It's some I wanna tell but I can't say it [00:02:28] Why cause the radio want play it [00:02:30] At the age of nine I was a dank head [00:02:32] Coc*ine in my hand tryin' to make bread [00:02:33] I gotta nine in my hand so I ain't scared [00:02:35] Hit the block everyday seein' blood shed [00:02:36] But that's the price you gotta pay to keep your folks fed [00:02:39] Woo for real jump in the drop top coupe Deville and just [00:02:43] Let me take you on a ghetto ride [00:02:51] Through this crooked world [00:02:57] Wash the pain and tears from the eyes [00:03:05] Of the boys and girls [00:03:09] So many days of so much pain got me thinking 'bout blowin' my brains [00:03:12] How can I change who will explain [00:03:14] How to maintain while trapped in this game [00:03:16] Stackin' my mailin' off crack sellin' me and my family gotta eat [00:03:19] I knew I was wrong for skeetin' them stops [00:03:21] But it kept the house with light and heat [00:03:23] Kept some shoes up on our feet kept our stomachs off of 'e' [00:03:26] Now who can you judge you can't hold a grudge [00:03:28] I did this more than just for me [00:03:30] I did this more than just for keeps I did this more for those in [00:03:32] The streets [00:03:33] So if you feel my troubles want you come and role with me [00:03:36] OK the ni**a who kill my boy Willie only get fifteen years [00:03:40] But you know that time get split so he'll do about seven yours [00:03:43] How crooked the system is for good behavior he'll probably do just three [00:03:46] So in actuality this ni**a here don' kill my boy for free [00:03:50] I'm tryin' to understand the plan the lord got for you and me [00:03:53] How the good die aw so young and the bad live long to eat [00:03:56] My body and soul might be so clean but the hood got my ways so [00:04:00] Dirty [00:04:00] I'm up early on my knees beggin' this world not to hurt me