Ghetto Lyrics – Akon
This song was featured on Akon’s Trouble. It talks about the trials and tribulations of living/growing up in the ghetto.| Song Name : | Ghetto |
| Album / Movie : | Trouble |
| Singer : | Akon |
| Music Label : | Def American, Hammerheart |
| Cast : | Akon |
Ghetto, ghetto
Ghetto, ghetto livin’
These streets remind me of quicksandWhen your on it you’ll keep goin’ downAnd there’s no one to hold on toAnd there’s no one to pull you out, you keep on fallin’And no one can here you callin’So you end up self-destructin’
On the corner with the toolie on the waist lineJust got outta the bing doin’ state timeTeeth marks on my back from the K-9Dark memories of when there was no sunshine‘Cause they said that I wouldn’t make it, I remember like yesterdayHoldin’ on to what God gave me
‘Cause that’s the life when you’reLivin’ in the(Ghetto)And eatin’ in the(Ghetto)Or sleepin’ in the(Ghetto, ghetto)
That’s the life when you’reLivin’ in the(Ghetto)And eatin’ in the(Ghetto)Or sleepin’ in the(Ghetto, ghetto, ghetto livin’)
No need to cherish luxuries ’cause everythin’ come and goEven the life that you have is borrowed‘Cause your not promised tomorrowSo live your life as if everyday’s goin’ be your lastOnce you move forward can’t go backJust prepare to remove your past‘Cause ya gotta be willin’ to prayYes, there gotta be, there gotta be a better wayYes, ya gotta be willin’ to pray‘Cause there gotta be, there gotta be a better dayWhoever said that the struggle would stop todayA lot of niggas dead or locked awayTeenage women growin’ up with AIDS
‘Cause that’s the life when you’reLiving in the(Ghetto)And eatin’ in the(Ghetto)Or sleepin’ in the(Ghetto, ghetto)That’s the life when you’reLivin’ in the(Ghetto)Oh, eatin’ in the(Ghetto)Oh, sleepin’ in the(Ghetto, ghetto, ghetto livin’)
Gun shots every night in the(Ghetto)Crooked cops on sight in the(Ghetto)Everyday is a fight in the(Ghetto)Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh(Ghetto livin’)Got kids to feed in the(Ghetto)Sellin’ coke and weed in the(Ghetto)Everyday somebody bleedin’ in the(Ghetto)Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh(Ghetto)
‘Cause that’s the life when you’reLivin’ in the(Ghetto)Oh, livin’ by the(Ghetto)Oh, eatin’ in the(Ghetto, ghetto)‘Cause that’s the life you’reLivin’ in the(Ghetto).Oh, sleepin’ by the(Ghetto)Livin’ in the(Ghetto, ghetto, ghetto livin’)