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"To The Ghetto" is a track by Talib Kweli, from the album The Confidence Of Knowing, released 2nd August 2024. Full lyrics are available below.
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[Intro] Brooklyn, New York Columbus, Ohio The regiment of motivation This is a re-work and re-imagination [Chours: Talib Kweli & J Rawls] To the ghetto Dude this is surviving to be livin' Dude this is surviving to be livin in the To the ghetto Dude this is surviving to be livin' Dude this is surviving to be livin' in the To the ghetto Dude this is surviving to be livin' Dude this is surviving to be livin' in the To the ghetto Dude this is surviving to be livin' Dude this is surviving to be livin' in the [Verse 1: Talib Kweli] I fell in love with a girl named Touché She used to dip her pickles in the Kool-Aid Born on April Fools Day, her color d'Ussé Cute face, plus her neck smelled like a bouquet The scent of a rose is beyond sweet Especially when it has to grow through the concrete Facing every tragedy, racial disparities A place where giving to yourself is considered charity Where eyes are the window to the soul, every cry's a blessin' That's how you cleanse the lens of your perception But there ain't no cryin' in the ghetto Emotions, got folks dying in the ghetto Where they talk about the plugs, no hair club When they want to run the fade that's not a haircut To be clear son, that's a fair one A lecture yeah the only time the man come [Chours: Talib Kweli & J Rawls] To the ghetto Dude this is surviving to be livin' Dude this is surviving to be livin' in the To the ghetto Dude this is surviving to be livin' Dude this is surviving to be livin' in the To the ghetto Dude this is surviving to be livin' Dude this is surviving to be livin' in the To the ghetto Dude this is surviving to be livin' Dude this is surviving to be livin' in the [Verse 2: Talib Kweli] Ghetto is now an adjective, started out as Venetian They segregated Jews and other Eastern Europeans The opiate of the people distributed by the preachers Snitches get stitches so the ghetto has secrets Immigration is how you build up the nation Gentrification creating these migrations Your property gets taken when there's poverty you facing Creating the conditions for permanent vacations Stay paid they hate to hate [?] School-to-prison pipeline workers of 8th grade It's the cards that we're dealt, we learn how to place [?] And burners of our names in the yards with the trains I don't have many friends in this business, I only trust a few The most illustrious, the post-industrial There's no sleep, only the dead slumber Beware the head-hunters, they want another red summer [Chours: Talib Kweli & J Rawls] To the ghetto Dude this is surviving to be livin' Dude this is surviving to be livin' in the To the ghetto Dude this is surviving to be livin' Dude this is surviving to be livin' in the To the ghetto Dude this is surviving to be livin' Dude this is surviving to be livin' in the To the ghetto Dude this is surviving to be livin' Dude this is surviving to be livin' in the
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