This One's for the Ghetto

Intro

Mmmm yeah

Ghetto story

This one's for the ones who fight every day

Ay-oh

Verse 1

Woke up to the sound of sirens, another cold morning

Mama in the kitchen praying, Lord please stop the mourning

Kids on the corner with nothing, nowhere left to run

Everybody's chasing something underneath this burning sun

Trying to make it out of here but the walls close in so fast

Gotta hold on to your future, can't be living in the past

Pre-Chorus

I know it's hard when you're down and the world won't stop

But I see you standing tall, you refuse to drop

Oh oh

Chorus

This is for the ghetto, for the ones who know the struggle is real

For the streets that raised us, for the pain we try to conceal

We still ride, we still fight, we still hold it down tonight

Ghetto love don't never die

This is for the ghetto

Verse 2

Young girl by the window, she got dreams so big

But the system got her trapped before she even lived

Young man on the run, got his brothers on his mind

Trying to find a way up but he keeps falling behind

Fathers that are missing, mothers doing double time

And every single day they rise, that itself is something divine

Pre-Chorus

I know it's hard when you're down and the world won't stop

But I see you standing tall, you refuse to drop

Oh oh

Chorus

This is for the ghetto, for the ones who know the struggle is real

For the streets that raised us, for the pain we try to conceal

We still ride, we still fight, we still hold it down tonight

Ghetto love don't never die

This is for the ghetto

Bridge

They say the hood can't produce a king

But every queen and king I know came up through suffering

So keep your head up, I'm here with you

What the ghetto gave us, no one can take it too

Ohhhh no

Chorus

This is for the ghetto, for the ones who know the struggle is real

For the streets that raised us, for the pain we try to conceal

We still ride, we still fight, we still hold it down tonight

Ghetto love don't never die

This is for the ghetto

Outro

Mmmm, for the ghetto

We ain't giving up

Ay-oh, ay-oh

Hold on