ghetto 2
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Tom : F
[Intro]
Gm F Gm F Gm F Gm F
Ghetto, Ghetto, Ghetto, Ghetto livin
VERSE 1
Gm F
These streets remind me of quicksand
Gm F
When your on it you keep goin' down - goin' down
Gm
And there's no one to hold on to
F
And there's no one to pull you out
Gm
You keep on fallin'
F
And no one can here you callin'
Gm
So you end up self-destructin'
F Gm
On the corner with the tuli on the waist line just got outta the bing doin' state time
F
Teeth marks on my back from the canine
Gm
Dark memories of when there was no sunshine
F
They said that I wouldn't make it
Gm
I remember like yesterday (hey)
F
Holdin on to what God gave me
CHORUS
'cause that's the life when you're
[Refrão]
Gm
Living in the ghetto and
F
Eating in the ghetto or
Gm F
Sleeping in the ghetto
Cause thats the life when ur
Gm
Living in the ghetto and
F
Eating in the ghetto or
[Próxima Parte]
Gm F
Sleeping in the ghetto
VERSE 2
Gm F Gm
No need to cherish luxuries 'cause everythin' come and go
F
Even the life that you have is borrowed
Gm
'cause you're not promised tomorrow
F
So live your life as if everyday's gonna be your last
Gm
Once you move forward can't go back
F
Best prepare to remove your past
Gm
Cause you gotta be willin' to pray
F Gm
Yeah there gotta be there gotta be a better way -oh
Yeah you gotta be willin to pray
F Gm
Yeah there gotta be there gotta be a better way -hey
F
Whoever said that this struggle would stop today
Gm
A lot of niggas dead or locked away
F
Teenage Women growing up with AIDS
CHORUS
That's the life when you're
[Refrão] (repetir)
[Próxima Parte]
Gm F
Sleeping in the ghetto
BRIDGE
Gm
Gun shots every night in the ghetto
F
Crooked cops on sight in the ghetto
Gm F
Every day is a fight in the ghetto oh oh oh oh oh
Gm
Got kids to feed in the ghetto
F
Selling coke and weed in the ghetto
Gm F
Every day somebody bleeds in the ghetto oh oh oh oh oh
CHORUS
That's the life when you're
[Refrão] (repetir)
[Próxima Parte]
Gm F
Sleeping in the ghetto
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