The Ghetto is a Struggle

[Chorus-Peaches:] The ghetto is a struggle but we've gots to change our lives We've got to change our lives, Oh-oh The ghetto is a struggle but we've gots to change our lives We've got to change our lives, Oh-oh [Master P] I've done seen it all in the bricks Somebody said he would never change The homies killin' up each other Shit, I guess that is the dope game And if you look like a thug, then that mean trouble See my next door neighbor knockin' on the window She wanna ??? And my water don't get hot, I got bleach in my holey socks And my mom started stressin' us why I started sellin' rocks And this street got my crazy Momma said I can't lose my baby (Damn) But see these niggas so shady (Ha Bro?) Fuck the world if they take me [Chorus] [C-Murder] The ghetto is a struggle to me Who can I be? Will it bring trouble to me? Before I rest in peace I ask my auntie to look up in the sky and thank Before she turn another trigger, take another drink I know it's hard Tryin' to survive and not die and stay alive But who you really foolin'? Cause we all live a lie It ain't the same wishin' ya didn't have any Didn't want it and take it But if the situation right then It's your pockets I'm breakin' I lost my conscious when I lost my big brother Ask my mother, I'm never changin' my ways Not even for The Source cover I puts it down like that on this track To give back to the hood It's a struggle (It's a struggle) It's all good (It's all good) [Chorus] [Silkk the Shocker] The ghetto is a struggle, so I gots to make a change You know it's hard on the streets, but I've gots to maintain Mom pullin' up on my sleeve tellin' me don't leave I'm like, "I gots to do what I gots to do Because if I don't, I don't eat" Grew up with the rats and the roaches Tryin' to stay focused (Stay focused) Tryin' to survive in this world but it's like I stay hopeless The world is a ghetto and I can't escape that (Can't escape that) Every time I try to prove 'em wrong y'all just prove 'em right Shit and, I hate that I know I've made some mistakes black Deep in the ghetto tryin' to find the queen Tryin' to avoid the hoodrat We've go to make a change And in fact, we should Just because we in the ghetto We should still dream see past the hood [Chorus (2X)]