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    GIVE IT 2 ME RAW (GHETTO HYMN)

    Ghetto

    a baby is born 

    with no way out

    umbilical cord wrapped around his neck

    he cant even shout

    doctors worrying more about his momma

    not havin an hmo

    whispering 2 themselves 

    how can anything good grow 

    in the womb of a crack ho

    a baby survives 

    but his reactions are kinda slow

    momma already got 5 

    she really dont want no mo

    take ignorance and hopelessness

    mix and stir

    a baby aint but 4 minutes old 

    already  his dream is defered

    maybe that is where he learned

     never 2 trust

    always said the diaspora aint healthy

    if we ignore the most fucked up of us

    fucked up is what fucked up shall be

    fucked up kids most likely come from 

    fucked up families

    it is survival of the fittest

    you come 

    you shun

    ignore the murder you just saw

    all the while sayin 2 the world

    hell wit a comdom

    im gonna give it 2 you raw

     

    corner wall hit wit 58 trey bee

    cops drive around 

    actin like they cant see

    truth be told  there is some shit 

    they gotta let slide

    act like super cop 

    you get dropped 

    aint nowhere 2 hide

    gotta be criminally minded

    2 detect criminal intent

    30 thousand a year to risk your life

    money already spent

    arrest a city block 

    you aint gonna make a dent

    the drug game been around 

    since before jesus was sent

    cant try 2 repent 

    if your dna is flawed

    rahiem and dem

    singin ghetto hymns

    givin it to society straight raw

     

    med students sent 2 philly for training

    plenty of corpses being delivered 

    no one is complaining

    gun shots 

    stab wounds

    baseball bats 2 wombs

    help aint on arrival 

    jesus aint comin 2 the ghetto 

    no time soon

    last time peter and paul rolled in

    peter got jacked

    peter said i represent the lord

    brotha said is that a fact

    where is that jesus cat

    probably got arrested under the patriot act

    while we catchin flak

    next time you see him

    tell that dude watch his back

    just like yall dont eat hog maws

    why you think we like gettin it raw

    no grease

    from the beast

     

    rainy days

    whole neighborhood smells like roaches and piss

    straight talk

    no money

    no honeys

    so the game is impossible 2 resist

    try 2 fly straight 

    and say you work at mickey dees

    a femme will look you up and down 

    laugh and shout nigga pleeze

    the drug game always been about 

    catchin the prettiest cat

    and a cat dont wanna pur

    unless she can shop at saks

    prohibition made the kennedys rich

    a bootleggers son got elected president 

    aint that some shit

    so how you gonna tell a young cat  2 quit

    toss a burger

    or weigh a brick

    this aint no choice

    the  ghetto dont have a voice

    not when the drug game 

    got so many greedy paws

    real deal sittin on yachts

    in the azores

    while ghetto eyesores is gettin it raw

     

     

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    • 1 March 2011
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