Ghetto lyrics - Akon

Ghetto, Ghetto, Ghetto, Ghetto we livin'

These streets remind me of quicksand (quicksand)
When you are on it you'll keep goin' down (goin' down)
And there's no one to hold on to
And there's no one to pull you out
You keep on fallin' (falling)
And no one can here your callin'
So you end up self destructing
On the corner with the tuli on the waist line
Just got outta the bing doin' state time
Teeth marks on my back from the k9
Dark Memories of when there was no sunshine
Cause they said that I wouldn't make it
(I remember like yesterday)
Holdin' on to what god gave me

Cause thats the life when your
Living in the (ghetto)
And eating in the (ghetto)
Or sleeping in the (ghetto, ghetto)
Thats the life when your
Living in the (ghetto)
And eating in the (ghetto)
Or sleeping in the (ghetto, ghetto, ghetto)

No need to cherish luxuries (cause everythin' come and go)
Even the life that you have is borrowed
(Cause your not promised tomorrow)
So live your life as if everydays' gone be your last
Once you move forward can't go back
Best prepare to remove your past

Cause ya gotta be willin' to pray
Yea There gotta be (there gotta be) a better way oh
Yea ya gotta be willing to pray
Cause there gotta be (there gotta be) a better day (ay)

Whoever said that this struggle would stop today
a lot of niggas dead or locked away
Teenage Women growing up with aids

Cause thats the life when your
Living in the (ghetto)
Or eating in the (ghetto)
Or sleeping in the (ghetto, ghetto)
Thats the life when your
Living in the (ghetto)
Or eating in the (ghetto)
Or sleeping in the (ghetto, ghetto, ghetto)

Gun shots every night in the (ghetto)
Crooked cops on sight in the (ghetto)
Every day is a fight in the (ghetto)
(oh oh oh oh oh) (ghetto)
Got kids to feed in the (ghetto)
Selling coke and weed in the (ghetto)
Every day somebody bleeding in the (ghetto)
(oh oh oh oh oh) (ghetto)

Cuz thats the life when your
Livin' in the (ghetto)
We livin' by the (ghetto)
Or eatin' in the (ghetto, ghetto)
Cuz thats the life your
Livin' in the (ghetto)
Or sleepin' by the (ghetto)
Livin' in the (ghetto, ghetto, ghetto)

(wooohhoohh)