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Akon
Ghetto
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Ghetto was released on January 1, 2005 by Universal Records as a part of the album Trouble (Deluxe Edition)
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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Akon
Akon
Vocals
Tony Love
Tony Love
Guitar
Benny D.
Benny D.
Bass Guitar
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
B. Darius
B. Darius
Songwriter
Aliaune Thiam
Aliaune Thiam
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Akon
Akon
Producer
B. Darius
B. Darius
Producer
Leslie Brathwaite
Leslie Brathwaite
Mixing Engineer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Ghetto, ghetto
Ghetto, ghetto livin'
[Verse 2]
These streets remind me of quicksand
When you're on it, you'll keep goin' down (Goin' down)
And there's no one to hold on to
And there's no one to pull you out
You keep on fallin' (Fallin', keep on fallin')
No one can hear you callin'
So you end up self-destructin'
On the corner, with the toolie on the waistline
Just got up out the thing, doin' state time
Teeth marks on my back from the K-9
Dark memories of when there was no sunshine
'Cause they said that I wouldn't make it
I remember, like, yesterday, ay
Holdin' on to what God gave me
'Cause that's the life
[Verse 3]
When you're livin' in the (Ghetto)
And eatin' in the (Ghetto)
Oh, sleepin' in the (Ghetto)
Ghetto, that's the life
When you're livin' in the (Ghetto)
And eatin' in the (Ghetto)
Oh, sleepin' in the (Ghetto)
Ghetto, ghetto (Ghetto livin')
[Verse 4]
No need to cherish luxries
'Cause everything come and go
(It come and go)
Even the life that you have is borrowed
'Cause you're not promised tomorrow
So live your life
As if every day is gon' be your last (Be your last)
Once you move forward, can't go back
Just prepare to remove your past (Remove your past)
[Verse 5]
'Cause you gotta be willin' to pray
Yes, there gotta be, there gotta be a better way, oh
Yes, you gotta be willin' to pray
'Cause there gotta be, there gotta be a better day, ay
(Better day, ay)
[Verse 6]
Whoever said that the struggle would stop today?
A lot a **** dead or locked away
Teenage women growin' up with AIDS
'Cause that's the life
[Verse 7]
When you're livin' in the (Ghetto)
Oh, eatin' in the (Ghetto)
Oh, sleepin' in the (Ghetto)
Ghetto, thats the life (Ghetto livin')
When you're livin' in the (Ghetto)
Oh, eatin' in the (Ghetto)
Oh, sleepin' in the (Ghetto)
Ghetto, ghetto (Ghetto livin')
[Verse 8]
Gun shots every night in the (Ghetto)
Crooked cops on sight in the (Ghetto)
Every day is a fight in the (Ghetto)
Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh (Ghetto livin')
Got kids to feed in the (Ghetto)
Sellin' coke and weed in the (Ghetto)
Everyday somebody bleed in the (Ghetto)
Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh (Ghetto livin')
That's the life
When you're livin' in the (Ghetto)
Oh, livin' by the (Ghetto)
Oh, eatin' in the (Ghetto)
Yeah (That's the life when you're)
[Verse 9]
Livin' in the (Ghetto)
Oh, sleepin' in the (Ghetto)
Livin' in the (Ghetto)
Ghetto, ghetto (Ghetto livin')
Written by: Akon, B. Darius

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