Текст (слова) песни: Fat Joe - Born In The Ghetto

Yeah,
Its time, baby
Its time to speak the truth, maturity
Huh, niggas gotta evolve to let niggas know the real
Ya call yourself real, ya gotta start speaking about the real
This is Joe Crack The Don, and this is what im bringin to you

uh, yo
nowadays, Im flirtin with uncertain death
Lord I gotta be dying,
coz after all this crying, how much more hurtins left?
When will the pain stop?
This depression and anxiety
is gonna make me show another side of me
My niggas ride with me coz Im the truth
Theres benefits to rolling with this clique,
dont nobody fuck with you
Still they label me a tyrant and a backstabber
but study the facts of Crack, the shit dont add up
Im bringin opportunity to my community
Probably the only rapper that cares
but still you out to ruin me
Who you foolin B? Im for unity
Latins and Blacks, could you fathom the strength
we have of the two are attached
Born together, roaded in life
These uncle charm polititions aint holdin us right
How could the same nigga be 20 years in office
when its clear the only thing thats rising is unemployment,
abortion, little kids having kids
the school system is failing us, now aint that some shit?
While the rich keep gettin richer, the poor keep dying young,
I cant hide it no more, the time has come

(chorus)
I was born in the ghetto,
trembling, tryna stay alive
Coz when youre born in the ghetto,
No-one seems to hear you cry

Brown skin, you know I love my bro-o-own skin
Everyday Im confronted with racism
These motherfuckin coppers
wanna bag us and have us shackled up in state prisons
After all the taxes I pay,
you would think when they stop us
they would have something nicer to say
than "GET THE FUCK OUT THE CAR!
WHERE THE DRUGS AT?
ALL THE JEWELRY YOURE WEARING,
WHERE THE FUCKIN GUNS AT?"
Once they search the car clean and find nothin,
the same crooked cops try to act like they know us or something
Laughin, tellin jokes by the thousands
2 seconds ago they tried to send us to the mountains
Leave my son without a father, my wife without a husband
the more I think about it, man its just disgusting
Stii=ll, we live amongst them, everybody wants out
Thats why we rap like we got silver spoons in our mouth
Like we aint grow up on welfare
Nigga dont even go there, you probably wore Pro-Plares!
We need to educate the youth,
tell the seeds the truth
Too much to share, the bare minimum will exceed the proof

(chorus)
I was born in the ghetto,
trembling, tryna stay alive
Coz when youre born in the ghetto,
No-one seems to hear you cry

Ooh, yeah
So much pain
Tryin hard to stay alive, stay alive
Out in these streets, oooh
Man sometimes in can get so tough
Oh yes, yes it can
Yes it can, yeah
It can get so hard, so hard, so hard


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All I Need
Beat Novacane
Born In The Ghetto
Bust At You
Crush Tonight
Definition Of A Don (Feat Remy)
Does Anybody Know
Everybody Get Up
Fight Club (Feat Mop And Petey Pablo)
Gangsta
Get It Poppin
Get The Hell On With That (Feat Ludacris)
Hes Not Real (Intro)
Hold You Down
I Can Do U
Intro
Its Nothing
It`s O.K.
J.o.s.e.
King Of N.Y. (Feat Buju Banton)
Lean Back (Remix)
Life Goes On
Listen Baby
Loyalty
Murder Rap (Feat Armageddon)
My Fofo
My Lifestyle
Opposites Attract (What They Like)
Prove Something
Rock Ya Body
Safe 2 Say (The Incredible)
Shit Is Real Pt3
So Hot
So Much More
Still Real
Take A Look At My Life
Temptation Pt1
Temptation Pt2
The Wild Life (Feat Prospect And Xzibit)
Ts Piece
Turn Me On
We Run Shit
We Thuggin (Remix) (Feat R Kelly  Busta Rhymes  Noreaga And Remy)
Whats Luv (Feat Ja-Rule And Ashanti)