[Onyx all talking] Afficial Nast! Word is bond Yeah yeah yeah you know the real deal boy Word up, Afficial, Afficial, Afficial, Afficial Word up, check me, Im the Afficial, Nastee Its like that, yeah its like this Son hold up, what up what up We gonna rhyme right now, word is bond Give it all we got, cmon yo, cmon.. [Fredro Starr] A lot of things have changed since I grown up Half my brothers got locked, half got blown UP! From playin two hand touch and the games in the street But the games aint the same, now we playin with heat SEE THERES DANGER, in my buildin, they rollin dice there Aint nuttin nice there, who dare to wear ice there?! My hallway is like Rahway, to the thugs in the doorway Peace, kid Im out, NO DOUBT! We just hangin on the corner, puffin trees just Tryin to stay warm, sippin Easy Jesus! Problems after problems, it keeps revolvin They got us starvin, thats why we out robbin knahmsayin? Theres days I cant remember like the 6th of December I think it was September nah, maybe it was November what?! This kid got rocked, just for steppin on some sneakers Heard from Tomica, hes gettin buried in a speaker Cause his moms was on that inhaling, gettin laced She not SMOKIN IT! She took one bad hit Chorus repeat 2X Aiyyo YO! cant escape the ghetto Hell no, its everywhere you go! Aiyyo YO! cant escape the ghetto Hell no, its everywhere you go! [Sonsee] Im not your role model, Ill drink the whole bottle Dont follow, nobody cause you never know tomorrow Just look around, EVERYWHERE, its despair It aint no care here, and good times is rare Or seldom last long, they always fadin When my fam is dyin over money and gettin incarcerated yeah Just to be a statistic, its sadistic Too realistic, we goin this QUICK! The other night kids got bad Word, TNT ran out? Got them kids Bill and Ted, they called the law news spread Last week they was blazin on the corner, bullets ricochet Hit somebodys baby, and they kid may be dead Resultin from the ill shit, to say the least Livin in the ghetto... rest in peace! [Onyx] Yo.. HEY! Cause where Im from, the good die young The sky is grey, we never see the sun The ghetto life, is live and let live On the day to day.. [Sticky Fingaz] It all began when Shorty Rock took the law in his own hand Sick of seein his moms gettin beat up by his old man So he did what any kid woulda done Went into the closet, got his pops gun Who need enemy when you got family? Its hard to get a job when you look like me WORD UP! See people dont just rob cause they on unemployment Some do it for the pure satisfaction enjoyment Brrrr, its cold, this world is freezin Folks gettin murdered over no apparent reason NO! Packin they bags, talkin bout they leavin But where you gonna go? You cant escape THE GHETTO! You see more when you HIGH, even less when you LOW You cant run from your own shadow Chorus scratches my little man, shorty doo wop [Onyx] In every ghetto, we packin heavy metal repeat 4X ad libs and Afficial Nast! to fade
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