Akon - Ghetto (Slowed + Reverb) 

Akon - Ghetto (Lyrics) [Intro] Ghetto, ghetto Ghetto, ghetto livin' [Verse 1] These streets remind me of quicksand When you're on it, you'll keep goin' down And there's no one to hold on to And there's no one to pull you out You keep on fallin', no one can hear you callin' So you end up self-destructin' On the corner with the toolie on the waist line Just got up out the thing doin' state time Teeth marks on my back from the K-9 Dark memories of when there was no sunshine ‘Cause they said that I wouldn't make it I remember like yesterday Holdin' on to what God gave me [Hook] ‘Cause that's the life When you're livin' in the (ghetto) And eatin' in the (ghetto) Oh, sleepin' in the (ghetto) Ghetto, that's the life When you're livin' in the (ghetto) And eatin' in the (ghetto) Oh, sleepin' in the (ghetto, ghetto) [Verse 2] No need to cherish luxuries ‘Cause everything come and go Even the life that you have is borrowed ‘Cause you're not promised tomorrow So live your life as if every day is gon' be your last Once you've moved forward You can't go back just to remove your past ‘Cause you gotta be willin' to pray Yes, there gotta be, there gotta be a better way Yes, you gotta be willin' to pray ‘Cause there gotta be, there gotta be a better day Whoever said that the struggle would stop today? A lot a niggas dead or locked away Teenage women growin' up with AIDS [Hook] ‘Cause that's the life When you're livin' in the (ghetto) Oh, eatin' in the (ghetto) Oh, sleepin' in the (ghetto) Ghetto, that's the life When you're livin' in the (ghetto) Oh, eatin' in the (ghetto) Oh, sleepin' in the (ghetto, ghetto) [Bridge] Gun shots every night in the (ghetto) Crooked cops on sight in the (ghetto) Everyday is a fight in the (ghetto) Oh oh oh oh oh (ghetto livin') Got kids to feed in the (ghetto) Sellin' coke and weed in the (ghetto) Everyday somebody bleed in the (ghetto) Oh oh oh oh oh (ghetto livin') [Hook] ‘Cause that's the life When you're livin' in the (ghetto) Oh, eatin' in the (ghetto) Oh, sleepin' in the (ghetto) Ghetto, that's the life When you're livin' in the (ghetto) Oh, eatin' in the (ghetto) Oh, sleepin' in the (ghetto, ghetto)