INTRO GF Gm F Gm F Gm F Ghetto, Ghetto, Ghetto, Ghetto livin VERSE 1 Gm F These streets remind me of quicksand Gm F When your on it you keep goin' down - goin' down Gm And there's no one to hold on to F And there's no one to pull you out Gm You keep on fallin' F And no one can here you callin' Gm So you end up self-destructin' F Gm On the corner with the tuli on the waist line just got outta the bing doin' state time F Teeth marks on my back from the canine Gm Dark memories of when there was no sunshine F They said that I wouldn't make it Gm I remember like yesterday (hey) F Holdin on to what God gave me CHORUS 'cause that's the life when you're Gm Living in the ghetto and F Eating in the ghetto or Gm F Sleeping in the ghetto Cause thats the life when ur Gm Living in the ghetto and F Eating in the ghetto or Gm F Sleeping in the ghetto VERSE 2 Gm F Gm No need to cherish luxuries 'cause everythin' come and go F Even the life that you have is borrowed Gm 'cause you're not promised tomorrow F So live your life as if everyday's gonna be your last Gm Once you move forward can't go back F Best prepare to remove your past Gm Cause you gotta be willin' to pray F Gm Yeah there gotta be there gotta be a better way -oh Yeah you gotta be willin to pray F Gm Yeah there gotta be there gotta be a better way -hey F Whoever said that this struggle would stop today Gm A lot of niggas dead or locked away F Teenage Women growing up with AIDS CHORUS That's the life when you're Gm Living in the ghetto and F Eating in the ghetto or Gm F Sleeping in the ghetto Cause thats the life when ur Gm Living in the ghetto and F Eating in the ghetto or Gm F Sleeping in the ghetto BRIDGE Gm Gun shots every night in the ghetto F Crooked cops on sight in the ghetto Gm F Every day is a fight in the ghetto oh oh oh oh oh Gm Got kids to feed in the ghetto F Selling coke and weed in the ghetto Gm F Every day somebody bleeds in the ghetto oh oh oh oh oh CHORUS That's the life when you're Gm Living in the ghetto and F Eating in the ghetto or Gm F Sleeping in the ghetto Cause thats the life when ur Gm Living in the ghetto and F Eating in the ghetto or Gm F Sleeping in the ghetto