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Ghetto, Ghetto, Ghetto Ghetto we livin

These streets remind me of quicksand
(Quicksand)
When your on it you'll keep goin down (Goin down)
And there's noone to hold on too
And there's nooone to pull you out
You keep on fallin (Fallin)
And noone can here you callin
So you end up self destructing
On the corner with the tuli on the waist tight just got outta the bing doin stay time
Teeth marks on my back from the canine
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 that's the like when your
Living in the (ghetto) and
Eating in the (ghetto) or
Sleeping in the (ghetto)(ghetto)
Cause 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 life your life as if everydays' gon 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 drama would stop today
A lot of niggers dead or locked away
Teenage women growing up with aids

Cause thats the life when your
Living in the (ghetto) oh
Eating in the (ghetto) or
Sleeping in the (ghetto,ghetto)
That's the life when your
Living in the (ghetto) oh
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)
Everyday 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)
Everyday somebody bleed in the (ghetto)
(oh oh oh oh oh,ghetto)

Thats the life when your
Living in the (ghetto) oh
Living by the (ghetto) oh
Eating in the (ghetto,Ghetto)
That's the life when your
Living in the (ghetto)oh
Sleeping in the (ghetto)
Living in the (ghetto,ghetto,ghetto)
(wooohhoohh)
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Cover art for Ghetto lyrics by Akon

I think it's fairly obvious what this song's about, so I won't post what I think it is, in case I'm seriously wrong :P Great song though, one of, if not, the best songs on the album.

Cover art for Ghetto lyrics by Akon

love it,love it, I think his songs are cool!

Cover art for Ghetto lyrics by Akon

i really really love this song... great lyrics...

Cover art for Ghetto lyrics by Akon

Ledsurfer, it's a great song...and you don't have to be a "poseur" to like it...it's just a song, and it's a very good one in that...so chill out man, it's just a song.

Cover art for Ghetto lyrics by Akon

I luv his album, I luv this song!!

Cover art for Ghetto lyrics by Akon

It still amazes me how people like ledsurfer6 like to pretend that poverty doesn't exsist. Well it does and I beleive people like Akon who express the pain they feel from a bad life through music and the arts needs to be acknowledge for showing youth who are going through the samethings he went through that music can be a positive way to express how they feel.

Cover art for Ghetto lyrics by Akon

ok, yes he was talking about the ghetto in this song but he wasn't just talking about the inner city ghettos he was trying to say what it was like in all ghettos you wouldn't be a poser for likeing this song , just if from a poor part of town or a trailer park because thats how it is in all ghettos especially where i live this whole fucking state is a ghetto (Louisiana) the only rich people that live here, live in gated neighberhoods

Cover art for Ghetto lyrics by Akon

this song i amazing..it expresses exactly how i feel some days.. ive seen it all lived it all and i LOVE akon!

Cover art for Ghetto lyrics by Akon

i agree with everyone against ledsurfer[of course]. i like this song a lot because even though i do'nt live in the 'ghetto' anymore, it takes me back; doesn't let me forget how things were, and how hard my mom worked to get me where i am today and how thankful i am that i am not in the situation i was anymore.

Cover art for Ghetto lyrics by Akon

this song sucks pretty bad, i dont think anyone gives a shit what the ghetto is like. if you live in the ghetto, you already know what its like, and if you don't and you want to know, your an ungreatful poser who wants to live like a bum