in the Ghetto....it seems like, the whole world....nn(The ghetto)...nA place where Jake don't feel safen'cause the thugs got the block locked downnthere's no escape in the...ghetto.nThere's petty hustlers, they flip fiends and uhnour holiday's every first and fifteenthnit's the...ghettonA place where some people can't shine for themselvesnso when they rob you they just cryin' for helpnand it seems like we make the whole world go 'roundnan' everybody wanna be downncopy the sounds of the...ghetto.nnBoys & Girls grow up fastnchicken-heads run the streets as soon as they eggs hatchnplayers posted up, perkin' perpindicularnsearchin' for a way but all they have is the...ghetto.nThey settle for the street cred ninstead of trying ta teach headsnthe best way to walk in every path in the...ghetto.nIt's sad 'cause we wanna bust shotsngettin' props for lickin' the block hotnyou're messin' up the...ghetto.nIt's time to make a change for the betternlet's start with ourselvesnthe world is my sword and it's such a better feelnthan the...ghetto.nA section where the Jews were restrictednwhere they separated blacks from the world, know ya historyn...the ghettonMost people wish that they were from but never comen'cause they know somebody dumb got a gun in the...ghetto.nThere's real people that do real thingsneverybody don't have bling but we all have dreamsnand is seems like they make the whole worldnbelieve that there's nothing for you & me exceptndrugs an' BET in the...ghettonnA place where Jake don't feel safen'cause the thugs got the block locked downnthere's no escape in the...ghetto.nThere's petty hustlers, they flip fiends and uhnour holiday's every first and fifteenthnit's the...ghettonA place where some people can't shine for themselvesnso when they murder they just cryin' for helpnand it seems like we make the whole world go 'roundnan' everybody wanna be downncopy the sounds of the...ghetto.nnYo it'll make you or break younsome people hate just to see how far it'll take younthe ghetto...is what we need to get out ofnwe get distracted an' what happens? nWe forget 'bout love up in the...ghetto.nIt's where the single mothers rise up, wise upnand put they foot down when times toughnand it seems like we make the whole world think thatnthere ain't no real men steppin' up to be fathers up in the...ghetto.nAfterlife, have the passion of the Christnthere'll be ashes spillin' rightnso I sacrifice my life 'cause the...ghetto.nTryin' ta kill, Master P fillsnwhen you a college boy it's hard being a victim of the...nghetto.nJam is about to slam dominoesnTheory spits the facts .............nand it seems like we got the whole world following trendsnthey're even trying to mock ???nnA place where Jake don't feel safen'cause the thugs got the block locked downnthere's no escape in the...ghetto.nThere's petty hustlers, they flip fiends and uhnour holiday's every first and fifteenthnit's the...ghettonA place where some people can't shine for themselvesnso when they jump you they just cryin' for helpnand it seems like we make the whole world go 'roundnan' everybody wanna be downncopy the sounds of the...ghetto.nnyeah...this is dedicated to my cousin Bryan Clark, keep ya head up, babynn