Cradled in the womb of the metropolis, dodging hell swarm   Vision of going to heaven, nothing can stop this   Although I'm optimistic, balance it with being realistic   Is paradise is part of the plan or scribbled in some book and shit      It all goes down as rain drops on my neighborhood   Love my hood and motherfucker this ain't good   Crack heads selling dope to dope heads   On blocks that's rented by house niggaz      That's all getting rich off of the bloodshed   And as I experience, none the lesser   And it's high and it's high as I got off of the reefers   The balance levels of horror, yo, ain't never disappear      I know, you know   It's like we livin' in hell in the ghetto   I know, you know   Babies is dying in the ghetto      I know, you know   Mothers are crying in the ghetto   I know, you know   It's like we livin' in hell in the ghetto   I know, you know   Like that, like that, like that      I put the pedal to the metal, heavy metal in the ghetto   I ain't got to raise it, cause hell is the grimy ghetto   I guess that's the catalyst for so many fantasies   We can fantasize and happen to be surrounded by misery      The daughters and sisters, the little bitties   Princess inside ya beautiful   But mommy can't afford the sparkles and dresses   As a matter of fact, kids around here   Need to be walking with a vest on      'Cause the quietest streets around here, can be a war zone   And I'm in such disgust, 'cause the police   Instead of protectin' and serving, they serving us      They brutalizin' and battering, as a matter of fact   They play ghetto, officers, I see them laughing   Trynna pick up girls in uniform   Hanging out them college dorms, we need some inform   Why is he a ghetto? 'Cause society divided by nothing but money, hello      I know, you know   It's like we livin' in hell in the ghetto   I know, you know   Babies is dying in the ghetto      I know, you know   Mothers are crying in the ghetto   I know, you know   It's like we livin' in hell in the ghetto   I know, you know   Like that, like that, like that      From city to city, all over the globe   So many poverty stricken lives, the facts'll make ya heads explode   Cities and families, all over, global overload   From Brownsville to Russia, through Somalia, through Croatia      Lyrics are live, fight to survive, it's a horror ride   Demons coming for your hide but there's no where to run   Straight up, and there's no where to hide   Guess what, 'cause negative situation is winning by a landslide   And if you living this life, there's the worst schools   And the worst doctors, guess what? Society got ya      I know, you know   It's like we livin' in hell in the ghetto   I know, you know   Babies is dying in the ghetto      I know, you know   Mothers are crying in the ghetto   I know, you know   It's like we livin' in hell in the ghetto   I know, you know