[Intro]
Gm   F
 
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