Ghetto of the mindI catch a body at a party, sort of herbal with the verbalLook above and see the vultures fly around in a circleBaggin' while you're lollygaggin', raggin', tow-taggin'Assassin' with the millimeter roars of a dragonHere stood the black hood, thirsty for the endAnd for the love of money, kind of funny, new friendsPublic housing, a thousand in a tentSo I'm forced to sell hell just to pay the rentKillin' my own people, I put 'em out of orderJust like the liquor store scene on every cornerI'm tryin' but the kids keep cryin', and the bullets keep flyin'Look, a boy, he's on the curb just dyin'Finally the cops come dumb to the slumPull out a gun and arrest the wrong oneWax all the Puerto Ricans and blacks, so they can never relaxI dwell, might as well learn the factsPete Rock and C. L. Can radio a shack upSparkin' off and have 'em all callin' for backupWatch another crime and you're gonna do timeAll this you'll find in the ghettos of the mindAin't that somethin'?Listen to cats and rough rats war under the windowWhen the ghetto forts flarey, never was a Tom and JerryLivin' ain't cheap, my survival is deepIn this part of town where the city never sleepA Barney Miller roller, you can bet the car's stolenOr static with your bm, only when you see themSpeakin' on your baby's mom, a best for the dramaAlways tryin' to make a movie, little stark-ravin' looneyStressin' it, but you know the ghetto keep ya busyA place that when I die, it would never even miss meCrack phials in the aisles as one pimp smilesDope piles workin' hookers by the milesBut still my pop's got three jobs to stableA family household and food on the tableSo as we pray for all our souls to keepSomebody's on the project roof, ready to leapI want to stop the pain or the bad situationBut backwards wisdom I can't afford to give 'emSelf savior is much braver with the conscious behaviorDesigned in the ghettos of the mindAin't that somethin'? C'monIt's like that y'allI could never look forward to an early retirementBut still I maintain in a hostile environmentHustlin' the concrete jungle for lootMy parents hated blood money so they gave me the bootTake a risk 'cause the peer pressure has the edgeIt was a blessin' when I saw my life dangle on the ledgeThe streets coulda swallowed me wholeBut the pain was all gone when I got to see my healthy son bornAnd now I bring him home to the ghettoOnly to make a stronger fellowMaybe do some good for the neighborhoodIt's hard playing hero livin' less than a zeroRaging Bull like Deniro, the modern day pharaohA concentration camp with the Section 8Welfare checks given at a monthly rateApply for the get high, or just plain lazyMany steady collect right around the fifth babyThe hawk is out but the niggaz never pack itA hundred dollar sneakers with the skimpy-ass jacketWhen people are deaf, dumb, and blind they get left behindImagine in the ghettos of the mind
Lyrics by Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth
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