(feat. Zo-Zer)



[Intro: Zo-Zer]

Ay, this is life man, niggaz out here talkin

rappin about shit you ain't never seen or had no parts in, youknowhatI'msayin?

Shit ain't cool man, ay Lo, take 'em where you from



[Chorus: OneBeLo]

Let me take you to a place where the sun don't shine

Killers don't talk, little kids don't mind

Men don't work, don't take care of babies

You bought my album but bootleggers don't pay me

City runnin wild, cats don't give a fuck

Junior High students don't say no to drugs

Liquor stores don't ask shorties for their ID

This is a place where don't nothin surprise me

The ghetto



[OneBeLo]

The ghetto, yo..

Now you can get shot, everyday it's a struggle to be alive

Mentally, physically, only the strong survive

Can't hide from the fact ghettos is filled with blacks (blacks)

crack (crack) smack (smack) roaches and rats

Thugs totin they gats, this ain't a nice place to visit

The people that you live with, hearts cold and frigid

That girl over there, don't even bother with her (why?)

She's a hoodrat, gold-digger, never had a father figure

Her older brother was a big time drug dealer

When he was young his role model was a drug dealer

Now that he's older, everybody wants to cop a boulder

He took a bullet in his head, now he's in a coma (bloaw!)

You callin 9-1-1, this ain't a joke

You rollin like a blunt cause you might get smoked

The sad part about it ain't the money or the dope

The trigger man wasn't even old enough to vote



[Chorus]



[Interlude: Zo-Zer]

Shit ain't all good in the hood

Touch mine, wish a nigga would

You knowhatI'msayin? (In the ghetto)



[OneBeLo]

Landlords don't do nothin but collect rent

Police don't patrol, serve or protect it

Brothers don't allow others to hustle on they block

Always carry heat cause the beef don't stop

And it don't quit, everyday the same shit

Hustlin to get you what your job can't get

And I ain't even talkin 'bout a Benz or Mercedes (what you talkin about?)

I'm talkin about toothpaste, diapers for your babies

The basic necessities of life

The homeless sleepin in a cardboard box every night

The only playgrounds is vacant lots and burned buildings

You gotta feel sorry for the children

How they gon' do they homework when they homes don't work?

They can't read books cause the lights don't work (nope)

They can't take a bath cause the water don't work (nope)

The stove in the kitchen, plus the heat don't work (nope)

It's cold at night, they mommas can't afford jackets

She too busy tryin to support the crack habit

The State took her kids, now they all doin bids (man that sound crazy)

I know it sound crazy but that's how it is, in the ghetto

The ghetto



[Interlude: Zo-Zer]

All I see are hearts that's hollow, from Detroit to Chicago

Just hopin you can follow

Shit's real, I know it sounds crazy

Shit, it's how it is, how it is..



[Chorus: w/ minor variations]



(This is a place where) Nothin surprise me

(This is a place where) Nothin surprise me..