Ghetto Thang

Album: 3 Feet High and Rising (1989)
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  • (Mary had a little lamb)
    That's a fib, she had two twins though
    And one crib
    Now she's only fourteen, what a start
    But this defect is ground common in these parts
    Now life in this world can be such a bitch
    And dreams are often torn and shattered and hard to stitch
    Negative, the attitude that runs the show
    When the stage is the G-H-E-T-T-O

    Which is the one to blame when bullets blow
    Either Peter, Jane, or John or Joe
    But Joe can't shoot a gun, he's always drunk
    And Peter's pimpin' Jane, and John's a punk
    Infested are the halls, also the brains
    Daddy's broken down from ghetto pains
    Mommy's flying high, the truth is shown
    The kids are all alone
    'Cause it's just a ghetto thang

    It's just a ghetto thang (word)
    It's just a ghetto thang (word)

    Who ranks the baddest brother, the ones who rule
    This title is sought by the coolest fool
    Define coolest fool? Easy, the one who needs
    Attention in the largest span and loves to lead
    Always found at the jams, but never dance
    Just provoke violence due to one glance
    The future plays no matter, just the present flow
    And the greeting place is the G-H-E-T-T-O

    Lies are pointed strong into your skull
    Deep within your brain against the wall
    To hide or just erase a glowing note
    Of how to use the ghetto as a scapegoat
    Truth from Trugoy's mouth is here to scar
    Those who blame the G for all bizarre
    So open up your vents and record well
    'Cause this is where we stand, for the true tell
    Ghetto gained a ghetto name from ghetto ways
    Now there could be some ghetto gangs and ghetto play
    If ghetto thang can have its way in ghetto range
    Then there must be some ghetto love and ghetto change
    Though confident they keep it kept, we know for fact
    They lie like ghettos form, 'cause people lack
    To see that they must all get out the ghetto hold
    The truth they never told
    'Cause it's just a ghetto thang

    It's just a ghetto thang (word)
    It's just a ghetto thang (word)

    Do people really wish when they blow
    Out the cake candles, and if so
    Is it for the sunken truth which could arise
    From out the characters in which the ghetto hides
    Roses in the ring supply their shown relief
    Granted it's planted by their shown belief
    Kill and feed off your own brother man
    Has quickly been adopted as the master plan
    Posses of our people has yet to provoke
    Freedom or death to them, it's just a joke
    What causes this defect, I don't know
    Maybe it's the G-H-E-T-T-O

    It's just a ghetto thang (word)
    It's just a ghetto thang (word)

    Standing in the rain is nothing felt
    When problems hold more value, but never dealt
    With buildings crumbling to the ground
    Impact noise is solid sound
    But who's the one to say this life is wrong
    When ghetto life is chosen strong
    We seem to be misled about our dreams
    'Cause dreams ain't what it seems
    When it's just a ghetto thang

    It's just a ghetto thang (word)
    It's just a ghetto thang (word)
    It's just a ghetto thang (word)
    It's just a ghetto thang (word)

    It's just a ghetto thang (word)
    It's just a ghetto thang (word)
    It's just a ghetto thang (word)
    It's just a ghetto thang (word)

    (Word, word, word, word) Writer/s: Alan Edward Gorrie, David J. Jolicoeur, Hamish Stuart, Kelvin Mercer, Malcolm Duncan, Owen Onnie Mcintyre, Paul E. Huston, Robert Brodrick Mcintosh, Roger Ball, Vincent Mason
    Publisher: BMG Rights Management, Warner Chappell Music, Inc., Wixen Music Publishing
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