| I’m from the ghetto where kids don’t play
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| From the land where they use slang you won’t say
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| City of gangstas and brotherly love
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| City of hustlers and suffering thugs
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| But there’s a sign of life in our youth
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| They look up to the things we do
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| Teach them to love and we can’t lose
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| Help them to find the right path to choose
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| Every day there’s a struggle here
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| Life’s a crack house socked in tears
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| Church a packed house covered in fear
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| God love reigns down on His children
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| And everyday a life is thrown away
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| When everyday there’s a life to gain
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| Christ accepts all sinners the same
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| Men and women just reaching for change
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| I’m from the ghetto, I’m from the gutter where it all goes down
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| And in the ghetto is where the Most High change me around
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| We’ve been praying and I think we see now
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| We’re gonna make it, we’re gonna make it
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| I’m from the ghetto where stars are born
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| Record deals no sales leave young men scorned
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| Little women with big women bodies make them feel grown
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| You cast the first stone
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| Seventeen of the grind a formality
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| Cutting school smoking weed a reality
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| Little babies having babies it’s so sad to see
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| Men and women of the church are taking back the streets
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| I’m from the ghetto, I’m from the gutter where it all goes down
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| And in the ghetto is where the Most High change me around
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| We’ve been praying and I think we see now
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| We’re gonna make it, we’re gonna make it
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| I’m from the ghetto where guns are used by
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| Little ones that are often abused
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| 20/20's Badlands the news consist of thugs
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| But Christians live here too, let’s change
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| I’m from the ghetto, I’m from the gutter where it all goes down
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| And in the ghetto is where the Most High change me around
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| We’ve been praying and I think we see now
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| We’re gonna make it, we’re gonna make it
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| If I ever make it out the hood congratulate me
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| Lately I’ve been feeling like I’m trapped here
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| Last year feels like the other day
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| And another day goes by but it’s the same thing
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| What can I do different, how can I make a change?
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| Feels like a deja vu but still I maintain
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| Feels like I paid my dues when I was eighteen
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| Would my music appeal to you if I was mainstream? |