Ghettos of the Mind
Ghetto of the Mind..
I catch a body at a party, sort of herbal with the verba
Look above and see the vultures fly around in a circl
Baggin' while you're lollygaggin', raggin', tow-taggin
Assassin with the millimeter roars of a drago
Here stood the black hood, thirsty for the en
And for the love of money, kind of funny, new friend
Public housing, a thousand in a ten
So I'm forced to sell hell just to pay the ren
Killin' my own people, I put 'em out of orde
Just like the liquor store scene on every corne
I'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 slu
Pull out a gun and arrest the wrong on
Wax all the Puerto Ricans and black
So they can never rela
I dwell, might as well learn the fact
Pete Rock and C.L. can radio a shack u
Sparkin' off and have 'em all callin' for backu
"Watch another crime and you're gonna do time"
All this you'll find in the ghettos of the min
Ain't that somethin'?..
Listen to cats and rough rats war under the windo
When the ghetto forts flarey, never was a Tom and Jerr
Livin' ain't cheap, my survival is dee
In this part of town where the city never slee
A Barney Miller roller, you can bet the car's stole
Or static with your BM, only when you see the
Speakin' on your baby's mom, a best for the dram
Always tryin' to make a movie, little stark-ravin' loone
Stressin' it, but you know the ghetto keep ya bus
A place that when I die it would never even miss m
Crack phials in the aisles as one pimp smile
Dope piles workin' hookers by the mile
But still my pop's got three jobs to stabl
A family household and food on the tabl
So as we pray for all our souls to kee
Somebody's on the project roof, ready to lea
I want to stop the pain or the bad situatio
But backwards wisdom I can't afford to give 'e
Self savior is much braver with the conscious behavio
Designed in the ghettos of the min
Ain't that somethin'? C'mon..
It's like that y'all..
I could never look forward to an early retiremen
But still I maintain in a hostile environmen
Hustlin' the concrete jungle for loo
My parents hated blood money so they gave me the boo
Take a risk 'cause the peer pressure has the edg
It was a blessin' when I saw my life dangle on the ledg
The streets coulda swallowed me whol
But the pain was all gone when I got to see my healthy son bor
And now I bring him home to the ghetto,
Only to make a stronger fello
Maybe do some good for the neighborhoo
It's hard playing hero livin' less than a zer
Raging Bull like DeNiro, the modern day pharoa
A concentration camp with the Section
Welfare checks given at a monthly rat
Apply for the get high, or just plain laz
Many steady collect right around the fifth bab
The hawk is out but the niggaz never pack i
A hundred dollar sneakers with the skimpy-ass jacke
When people are deaf, dumb, and blind they get left behin
Imagine in the ghettos of the mind
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