[Afu-Ra] 

Cradled in the womb of the metropolis, dodging hell swarm 

Vision of going to heaven, nothing can stop this 

Although I'm optimistic, balance it with being realistic 

Is paradise is part of the plan, or scribbled in some book and shit 

It all goes down as rain drops on my neighborhood, I love my hood 

And motherfucker this ain't good, crackheads selling dope to dope heads 

On blocks that's rented by house niggaz 

That's all getting rich off of the bloodshed 

And as I experience, none the lesser, and it's high 

And it's high as I got off of the reefers 

The balance levels of horror, yo, ain't never disappear 



[Chorus: Afu-Ra]] 

I know, you know 

It's like we livin' in hell in the ghetto 

I know, you know 

Babies is dying in the ghetto 

I know, you know 

Mothers are crying in the ghetto 

I know, you know 

It's like we livin' in hell in the ghetto 

I know, you know 

Like that, like that, like that, like that 



[Afu-Ra] 

I put the pedal to the metal, heavy metal in the ghetto 

I ain't got to raise it, cause hell is the grimey ghetto 

I guess that's the catalist for so many fantasies 

We can fantasize and happen to be surrounded by misery 

The daughters and sisters, the little bitties 

Princess inside ya beautiful 

But mommy can't afford the sparkles and dresses 

As a matter of fact, kids around here 

Need to be walking with a vest on 

Cause the quietest streets around here, can be a war zone 

And I'm in such disgust, cause the police 

Instead of protectin and serving, they serving us 

They brutalizin' and battering, as a matter of fact 

They play ghetto, officers, I see them laughing 

Trynna pick up girls in uniform 

Hanging out them college dorms, we need some inform 

Why is he a ghetto? cause society divided by nothing, but money, hello 



[Chorus] 



[Afu-Ra] 

From city to city, all over the globe 

So many poverty stricken lives, the facts'll make ya heads explode 

Cities and families, all over, global over load 

From Brownsville to Russia, through Somalia through Croatia 

Lyrics are live, fight to survive, it's a horror ride 

Demons coming for your hide, but there's no where to run 

Straight up, and there's no where to hide 

Guess what, cause negative situation is winning by a landslide 

And if you living this life, there's the worst schools 

And the worst doctors, guess what? Society got ya 



[Chorus]