[0.0] Ghetto Livin (Radio Edit) - Akon/Sheesh [0.41] Composed by:Aliaune Akon Thiam [0.75] Produced by:Akon [0.95] 2 brothers born in the struggle [3.88] Drugs violence and hustling [5.59] Freestyles on prison buses [7.63] Making something outta nothing [9.37] Even though they come from [10.51] Living in the ghetto ghetto [12.52] They lock us up to keep us down the feds know [15.11] She dont make no money if her legs closed [17.72] Dont you know we come from queens and pharaohs [20.35] Outta sight and outta mind [22.04] Lil boy only 8 but he got a 9 [24.58] Dont you ever think we chose poverty and crime [26.84] Blueprint from the government its all by design [29.7] Running out of time [30.88] I aint got no patience [32.25] Dog you either talking money or dont say [34.81] Bills due gotta help my mama pay rent [37.39] Daddy locked up aint been the same since [39.87] Judge gave him the book he on page 10 [42.43] Yeah Im free but Im still feeling caged in [44.94] Granny got us up in church yelling Amen [47.46] I just prayed for a lick so we can make ends [50.1] Lord knows I tried finna go slide right now [53.61] I aint got so whatever they got thats mine [56.86] Really wanna cry right now [58.71] But Im too tough to let a tear drop from my eyes [61.94] She wear her smile upside down [63.86] But he dont love her he just love whats between her thighs [66.97] Know the block hot right now [68.86] But all my custos outside so thats why [71.63] Cooking up dope in it [74.09] Killers and [76.7] Here come the 5-0 tripping [79.11] Everybody po pimpin [82.15] Pour up more liquor [84.36] Everybody broke in the [86.84] Aint a lot of hope in the [89.32] Hot summers cold winters [91.78] I might not make it out [93.21] I might not make it out [94.509995] I pray I make it out [95.770004] I pray I make it out [97.03] I might not make it out [98.34] I might not make it out [99.64] I pray I make it out [100.89] I pray I make it out [102.11] I might not make it out [103.369995] I might not make it out [104.65] I pray I make it out [105.95] I pray I make it out [107.15] I might not make it out [108.47] I might not make it out [109.729996] I pray I make it out [111.06] I pray I make it out [113.46] Another day new homicide [115.119995] Son dust new mother cries [116.93] Look her in the eyes [118.09] Technically she still alive [119.92] They buried her too when he died [121.9] Still in denial [123.7] She say it aint real [125.85] She wont admit so she cant heal [128.54] Cop cold as ice he dont feel [130.94] Yellin Freeze but he wont chill [132.86] But thats every day when surviving the slums [135.33] Call out for help aint nobody gon come [137.87] Seen what I saw now the trauma is done [140.38] Pills just to cope started poppin em young [143.91] Gotta do better [145.02] Gotta unite because we in this together [147.48] We gotta fight wont be like this forever [149.92] I know Im flawed just like you I aint special [153.0] Lord knows I tried finna go slide right now [155.67] I aint got so whatever they got thats mine [159.01] Really wanna cry right now [160.78] But Im too tough to let a tear drop from my eyes [164.05] She wear her smile upside down [165.9] But he dont love her he just love whats between her thighs [169.12] Know the block hot right now [170.94] But all my custos outside so thats why [173.86] Cooking up dope in it [176.34] Killers and [178.78] Here come the 5-0 tripping [181.29] Everybody po pimpin [184.22] Pour up more liquor [186.38] Everybody broke in the [188.81] Aint a lot of hope in the [191.38] Hot summers cold winters [193.97] I might not make it out [195.28] I might not make it out [196.59] I pray I make it out [197.81] I pray I make it out [199.11] I might not make it out [200.38] I might not make it out [201.69] I pray I make it out [202.95999] I pray I make it out [204.19] I might not make it out [205.51] I might not make it out [206.77] I pray I make it out [208.0] I pray I make it out [209.31] I might not make it out [210.56] I might not make it out [211.8] I pray I make it out [213.13] I pray I make it out