Ghetto Gospel
by 2Pac

Album: Loyal To The Game (2004)
Charted: 1
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  • Uh, hit em with a little ghetto gospel

    Those who wish to follow me
    My ghetto gospel
    I welcome with my hands
    And the red sun sinks at last
    Into the hills of gold
    And peace to this young warrior
    Without the sound of guns

    If I could recollect before my hood days
    I sit and reminisce
    Thinking of bliss and the good days
    I stop and stare at the younger
    My heart goes to em
    They tested with stress that they under
    And nowadays things change
    Everyone's ashamed of the youth cause the truth look, strange
    And for me it's reversed
    We left em a world that's cursed
    And it hurts
    Cause any day they'll push the button
    And all come in like Malcolm X or Bobby Hutton died for nothing
    Don't it make you get teary
    The world looks dreary
    When you wipe your eyes see it clearly
    There's no need for you to fear me
    If you take your time and hear me
    Maybe you can learn to cheer me
    It ain't about black or white cause we human
    I hope we see the light before it's ruined, my ghetto gospel

    Those who wish to follow me
    My ghetto gospel
    I welcome with my hands
    And the red sun sinks at last
    Into the hills of gold
    And peace to this young warrior
    Without the sound of guns

    Tell me do you see that old lady
    Ain't it sad
    Living out of bags
    Plus she's glad for the little things she has
    And over there there's a lady
    Crack got her crazy
    Guess who's giving birth to a baby
    I don't trip or let it fade me
    From out of the fryin' pan
    We jump into another form of slavery
    Even now I get discouraged
    Wonder if they take it all back
    Will I still keep the courage
    I refuse to be a role model
    I set goals, take control, drink out my own bottles
    I make mistakes but learn from every one
    And when it's said and done
    I bet this brother be a better one
    If I upset you don't stress never forget
    That God isn't finished with me yet
    I feel his hand on my brain
    When I write rhymes I go blind and let the Lord do his thing
    But am I less holy
    Cause I chose to puff a blunt and drink a beer with my homies
    Before we find world peace
    We gotta find peace and end the war in the streets
    My ghetto gospel

    Those who wish to follow me
    My ghetto gospel
    I welcome with my hands
    And the red sun sinks at last
    Into the hills of gold
    And peace to this young warrior
    Without the sound of guns

    Lord can you hear me speak
    To pay the price of being hellbound Writer/s: Bernie Taupin, Deon Evans, Elton John, Luis Edgardo Resto, Marshall B. Iii Mathers, Tupac Amaru Shakur
    Publisher: Songtrust Ave, Universal Music Publishing Group
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 10

  • Meena from Brisbane, AustraliaEminem's re-enactment was slowed down to his beat 2pac was an extraordinary rapper and he was making people realize that when you want something to be done you have to do it yourself, also when 2pac says 'We can' t have peace until we have peace in the streets' he means that if people actually put their differences aside we'd all just realize we're all human.
  • Nathnael from Home, Ethiopia2pac preached LOVE and PEACE JUST like THE KING JESUS
  • Nathnael from Home, EthiopiaU R
  • Dawn from Palmerston North, New ZealandI am not a big rap lover, but this song gets to me because you could say that everyone wants a preaceful world without the badness around.
    Dawn, PNth, NZ
  • Kris from Wichita, KsI think youre mistaken and thinking that this song is " I aint mad at cha" because that video Pac is shot and is at his own funeral. Either way this song is amazing and top 10 of Tupac's best songs
  • Ani from Yerevan, ArmeniaI am not a hardcore fan of rap, but as for me, this the most amazing rap song I've ever heard!:)
  • Fulu Thompho from Limpopo, South AfricaIn this song, everybody can see that 2pac never loved violent. It addresses some seroius social issues that everyday people enounter throughout theirs
  • Shush from Sydbey, AustraliaYeah, about the "Tupac appearing at his own funeral" part... that doesn't happen, unless ur suggesting that Tupac is the kid in the clip, which doesn't make much sense
  • Karl from Spokane, WaYep. Eminem totally reworked the song. I prefer the original version (bootleg) more.
  • Chris from Mechanicsburg, PaThis song was slowed down dramatically to fit producer Eminem's beat. Also for the released version, the line "We never really went through that, cus we were born B.C., you and me before crack". In the original, this line appears in the first verse.
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