[INTRO]
 
[Gm]   [F]
 
[Gm]   [F]      [Gm]        [F]      [Gm]     [F]
Ghetto, Ghetto,  Ghetto, Ghetto livin
 
[VERSE 1]
 
[Gm]                          [F]
These streets remind me of quicksand 
           [Gm]                   [F]
When your on it you keep goin' down - goin' down
            [Gm]
And there's no one to hold on to
            [F]
And there's no one to pull you out
             [Gm]
You keep on fallin'
                         [F]
And no one can here you callin'
                         [Gm]
So you end up self-destructin'
                                              [F]                                   
On the corner with the tuli on the waist line just got outta the bing doin' state 
 [Gm]
time
                                    [F]
Teeth marks on my back from the canine
                                       [Gm]
Dark memories of when there was no sunshine
                          [F]
They said that I wouldn't make it
                      [Gm]
I remember like yesterday (hey)
                      [F]
Holdin on to what God gave me
 
 
[CHORUS]
 
'cause that's the life when you're
[Gm]
Living in the ghetto and
[F]
Eating in the ghetto or
[Gm]                   [F]
Sleeping in the ghetto
 
Cause thats the life when ur
[Gm]
Living in the ghetto and
[F]
Eating in the ghetto or
[Gm]                 [F]
Sleeping in the ghetto
 
[VERSE 2]
 
[Gm]                  [F]                                  [Gm]
No need to cherish luxuries 'cause everythin' come and go
                               [F]
Even the life that you have is borrowed
                               [Gm]
'cause you're not promised tomorrow
                         [F]
So live your life as if everyday's gonna be your last
[Gm]
Once you move forward can't go back
[F]
Best prepare to remove your past
[Gm]
Cause you gotta be willin' to pray
            [F]                                     [Gm]
Yeah there gotta be there gotta be a better way -oh
 
Yeah you gotta be willin to pray
           [F]                                       [Gm]
Yeah there gotta be there gotta be a better way -hey
                                       [F]
Whoever said that this struggle would stop today
                        [Gm]
A lot of niggas dead or locked away
                      [F]
Teenage Women growing up with AIDS
 
 
[CHORUS]
 
That's the life when you're
[Gm]
Living in the ghetto and
[F]
Eating in the ghetto or
[Gm]                   [F]
Sleeping in the ghetto
 
Cause thats the life when ur
[Gm]
Living in the ghetto and
[F]
Eating in the ghetto or
[Gm]                 [F]
Sleeping in the ghetto
 
 
[BRIDGE]
 
     [Gm]
Gun shots every night in the ghetto
         [F]
Crooked cops on sight in the ghetto
       [Gm]                            [F]
Every day is a fight in the ghetto oh oh oh oh oh
    [Gm]
Got kids to feed in the ghetto
       [F]
Selling coke and weed in the ghetto
      [Gm]                                  [F]
Every day somebody bleeds in the ghetto oh oh oh oh oh
 
 
 
[CHORUS]
 
That's the life when you're
[Gm]
Living in the ghetto and
[F]
Eating in the ghetto or
[Gm]                   [F]
Sleeping in the ghetto
 
Cause thats the life when ur
[Gm]
Living in the ghetto and
[F]
Eating in the ghetto or
[Gm]                 [F]
Sleeping in the ghetto