Akon - Ghetto

Ahhh, Ahh, Ahhh, Ahh Ghetto, Ghetto, Ghetto, Ghetto livin’ [verse one] These streets remind me of quicksand (quicksand) When your on it, you’ll keep goin’ down (goin’ down) And there’s no one to hold on too And there’s no one to pull you out You keep on fallin’ (fallin’) And no one can here you callin’ So you end up self destructin’ On the corner with the tuli on the waist line just got outta the bing doin’ state time Teeth marks on my back from the K-9 Dark Memories of when there was no sunshine Cause they said that I wouldn’t make it I remember like yesterday (day) Holdin’ on to what God gave me [Chorus] Cause that’s the life when your Living in the (ghetto) And eating in the (ghetto) Or sleeping in the (ghetto) (ghetto, ghetto) Cause that’s the life when your Living in the (ghetto) And eating in the (ghetto) Or sleeping in the (ghetto, ghetto, ghetto) [Verse Two] No need to cherish luxuries (cause everythin’ come and go) Even the life that you have is borrowed (Cause your not promised tomorrow) So life your life as if everyday gon’ be your last (be your last) Once you move forward can’t go back Best prepare to remove your past Cause ya gotta be willin to pray Yea, There gotta be (there gotta be) a better way oh Yea, Ya gotta be willing to pray Cause there gotta be (there gotta be) a better day (ay) Whoever said that this drama would stop today A lot of niggers dead or locked away Teenage Women growing up with aids [chorus] Cause thats the life when your Living in the (ghetto) oh Eating in the (ghetto) or Sleeping in the (ghetto, ghetto) Thats the life when ur Living in the (ghetto)oh Eating in the (ghetto) or Sleeping in the (ghetto, ghetto, ghetto) [bridge] Gun shots every night in the (ghetto) Crooked cops on sight in the (ghetto) Every day is a fight in the (ghetto) (oh oh oh