The ghetto is a struggle but we''ve gots to change our lives
We''ve got to change our lives, Oh-oh
The ghetto is a struggle but we''ve gots to change our lives
We''ve got to change our lives, Oh-oh

Master P:
I''ve done seen it all in the bricks
Somebody said he would never change
The homies killin'' up each other
Shit, I guess that is the dope game
And if you look like a thug, then that mean trouble
See my next door neighbor knockin'' on the window
She wanna ???
And my water don''t get hot, I got bleach in my holey socks
And my mom started stressin'' us why I started sellin'' rocks
And this street got my crazy
Momma said I can''t lose my baby (Damn)
But see these niggas so shady (Ha Bro?)
Fuck the world if they take me

Chorus

C-Murder:
The ghetto is a struggle to me
Who can I be?
Will it bring trouble to me?
Before I rest in peace I ask my auntie to look up in the sky and thank
Before she turn another trigger, take another drink
I know it''s hard
Tryin'' to survive and not die and stay alive
But who you really foolin''?
Cause we all live a lie
It ain''t the same wishin'' ya didn''t have any
Didn''t want it and take it
But if the situation right then It''s your pockets I''m breakin''
I lost my conscious when I lost my big brother
Ask my mother, I''m never changin'' my ways
Not even for The Source cover
I puts it down like that on this track
To give back to the hood
It''s a struggle (It''s a struggle)
It''s all good (It''s all good)

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Silkk the Shocker:
The ghetto is a struggle, so I gots to make a change
You know it''s hard on the streets, but I''ve gots to maintain
Mom pullin'' up on my sleeve tellin'' me don''t leave
I''m like, "I gots to do what I gots to do
because if I don''t, I don''t eat"
Grew up with the rats and the roaches
Tryin'' to stay focused (Stay focused)
Tryin'' to survive in this world but it''s like I stay hopeless
The world is a ghetto and I can''t escape that (Can''t escape that)
Every time I try to prove ''em wrong y''all just prove ''em right
Shit and, I hate that
I know I''ve made some mistakes black
Deep in the ghetto tryin'' to find the queen
Tryin'' to avoid the hoodrat
We''ve go to make a change
And in fact, we should
Just because we in the ghetto
We should still dream see past the hood

Chorus (2X)