[intro]
Can I talk about the ghetto?
Thats where Im from
Listen up, whoa

Just ridin through the neighborhood
What I see dont look too good
All my brothers hustlin
All my sisters strugglin
Just to make it through another day
Just another day
Thats just the way it is
(just the way it is)
When youre living

(living in the ghetto)
Trying to make it seems so hard
(living in the ghetto)
Unemployment, dont even have no jobs
(living in the ghetto) whoa
(I grew up in the ghetto)
In the ghetto, ghetto whoa

Still got so many memories (memories)
Growing up with my family (oh family)
Still westside till I die (throw it up)
And even though Im living in a highrise
Its not where you are but its where youre from
Daddy told me long ago
Thats why Ill never forget my days
(never forget my days, no)

(living in the ghetto)
People dont got no where to go
(living in the ghetto)
Pimps and hustlers everybody knows
(living in the ghetto) whoa
(I grew up in the ghetto)
In the ghetto, in the ghetto

Play on, play on
My, my, my, my, my, my, my
Somebody tell me why
It has to be this way
Oh why?
Dont give up, no, no
Listen

This is for my queens
Keep your hopes high
Stay down on your knees
Praying every night
Therell be days like these
Mama used to say
Aint no need to worry
Hes gonna make a way

And this is for my kings
Dont forget respect
Gotta keep moving on
Cause it aint over yet
Keep your head about it
Keep your head about it
bout it, bout it, bout it

While youre living
(living in the ghetto)
See Ill never forget where Im from, no, no
(living in the ghetto)
And how far Ive come, see Ive come too far
(living in the ghetto)
In the ghetto, who
(I grew up in the ghetto)
In the ghetto, the ghetto

(living in the ghetto)
So many kids out in the streets
(living in the ghetto)
2 oclock in the morning when they need to be at home asleep
(living in the ghetto)
In the ghetto, in the ghetto