born in the ghetto

yeah

it's time baby

it's time to speak the truth

maturity

huh

niggas gotta evolve to let niggas know the real

ya call yourself real

ya gotta start speakin about the real

this is joe crack the don

and this is what i'm bringin to you

uh

yo

nowadays

i'm flirtin with uncertain death

lord i gotta be dyin

cause after all this cryin

how much more hurtin's left?

when will the pain stop?

this depression and anxiety

is gonna make me show another side of me

my niggas ride with me cause i'm the truth

there's benefits to rollin with this clique

don't nobody fuck with you

still they label me a tyrant and a backstabber

but study the facts of crack

the shit don't add up

i'm bringin opportunity to my community

probably the only rapper that cares

but still you out to ruin me

who you foolin b? i'm for unity

latins and blacks

could you fathom the strength

we have of the two it attach

born together

voted alike

these uncle charm politicians ain't holdin us right

how could the same nigga be 20 years in office

when it's clear the only thing that's risin is unemployment

abortion

little kids havin kids

the school system is failing us

now ain't that some shit

while the rich keep gettin richer

the poor keep dyin young

i can't hide no more

the time has come

i was born in the ghetto

tremblin

tryin' a stay alive

cause when you're born in the ghetto

no one seems to hear your cry

brown skin

you know i love my bra-ha-own skin

everyday i'm confronted with racism

these motherfuckin coppers

wanna bag us and have us shackled up in state prisons

after all the taxes i pay

you would think when they stop us

they would have something nicer to say

than get the fuck out the car