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	Current version of Fat Joe Lyrics Born In The Ghetto (http://www.mp3lyrics.org/f/fat-joe/born-in-the-ghetto/) Current version of the lyrics						Version 1 of Fat Joe Lyrics Born In The Ghetto (http://www.mp3lyrics.org/f/fat-joe/born-in-the-ghetto/v1.htm...) Version 1 of the lyrics
1	Yeah, it's time, baby						[Intro - Fat Joe - Lamajic talks & harmonizes in background]	1
1							Yeah, it's time baby	1
	It's time to speak the truth, maturity						It's time to speak the truth, maturity
2	Niggas         gotta evolve to let niggas know the real						Huh, niggas gotta evolve to let niggas know the real	2
3	Call       yourself real, ya gotta start speakin' about the real						Ya call yourself real, ya gotta start speakin about the real	3
4	This is Joe Crack, The Don an' this is what I'm bringin' to you						This is Joe Crack The Don, and this is what I'm bringin to you	4
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5	Yo, nowadays, I'm flirtin' with uncertain death						[Fat Joe]	5
6	Lord, I gotta be dyin' 'cause after all this cryin'						Uh, yo, nowadays, I'm flirtin with uncertain death	6
7	How much more hurtin's left?						Lord I gotta be dyin, cause after all this	7
8	When will the pain stop? This depression an' anxiety						cryin, how much more hurtin's left?	8
9	Is gonna make me show another side of me						When will the pain stop?	9
10							This depression and anxiety, is gonna	10
11	My niggas ride with me 'cause I'm the truth						make                     me show another side of me	11
12	There's benefits to rollin' with this clique						My niggas ride          with me cause I'm the truth	12
13	Don't nobody fuck         with you						There's benefits to rollin with this	13
14	Still they label me a tyrant an' a backstabber						clique, don't nobody fuck with you	14
2							Still they label me a tyrant and a backstabber	2
	But study the facts of crack, the shit don't add up						But study the facts of crack, the shit don't add up
15							I'm bringin opportunity to my community	15
16	I'm bringin' opportunity                                             to my community						Probably the only rapper that cares, but still you out to ruin me	16
17	Probably the only rapper that cares						Who you foolin B? I'm for unity, latins and blacks	17
18	But still you out to ruin me						Could        you fathom the strength, we have of the two it attach	18
2	Who you foolin', B? I'm for unity, Latins an' blacks							2
3	Could you fathom the strength, we have of the two it attach?							3
4								4
	Born together, voted alike						Born together, voted alike
19	These 'Uncle Charm' politicians ain't holdin' us right						These uncle charm politicians ain't holdin us right	19
	How could the same nigga be 20 years in office						How could the same nigga be 20 years in office
20	When it's clear the only thing that's risin' is unemployment?						When it's clear the only thing that's risin is unemployment	20
21							Abortion, little kids havin kids	21
22	Abortion, little kids havin' kids						The school system is failing us, now ain't that some shit	22
23	The school system is failin' us, now ain't that some shit?						While the rich keep gettin richer, the poor keep dyin young	23
5	While the rich keep gettin' richer, the poor keep dyin' young							5
	I can't hide no more, the time has come						I can't hide no more, the time has come
3							[Chorus - Lajamic - w/ ad libs]	3
	I was born in the ghetto						I was born in the ghetto
24	Tremblin', tryin' to stay alive						Tremblin, tryin' a stay alive	24
25	'Cause when you're born in the ghetto						Cause when you're born in the ghetto	25
	No one seems to hear your cry						No one seems to hear your cry
26	Brown skin, you know I love my brown skin						[Fat Joe]	26
27	Every day, I'm confronted with racism						Brown skin, you know I love my bra-ha-own skin	27
6	These motherfuckin' coppers wanna bag us							6
7	An' have us shackled up in state prisons							7
4							Everyday I'm confronted with racism	4
5							These motherfuckin coppers, wanna bag us and	5
6							have us shackled up in state prisons	6
	After all the taxes I pay						After all the taxes I pay
28	You would think when they stop us						You would think when they stop us, they	28
29	They would have something nicer to say						would have something nicer to say	29
30	Than, "Get the fuck out the car, where the drugs at?						Than "get the fuck out the car, where the drugs at?	30
31	All the jewelry, you wearin', where the fuckin' guns at?"						all the jewelry you wearin, where the fuckin guns at?"	31
32							Once they search the car clean and find nothin	32
33	Once                                          they search the car clean an' find nothin'						The same crooked cops try to act like they know us or somethin	33
34	The same crooked cops try to act like they know us or somethin'						Laughin, tellin jokes by the thousands	34
8	Laughin', tellin' jokes by the thousands							8
	Two seconds ago they tried to send us to the mountains						Two seconds ago they tried to send us to the mountains
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	Leave my son without a father, my wife without a husband						Leave my son without a father, my wife without a husband
35	The more I think about it, man, it's just disgustin'						The more I think about it, man it's just disgusting	35
	Still we live amongst 'em, everybody wants out						Still we live amongst 'em, everybody wants out
	That's why we rap like we got silver spoons in our mouths						That's why we rap like we got silver spoons in our mouths
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	Like we ain't grow up on welfare						Like we ain't grow up on welfare
36	Nigga, don't even go there, you probably wore Pro Players						Nigga don't even go there, you probably wore Pro Players	36
	We need to educate the youth, tell our seeds the truth						We need to educate the youth, tell our seeds the truth
	Too much to share, the bare minimum will exceed the proof						Too much to share, the bare minimum will exceed the proof
37	I was born in the ghetto						[Chorus]	37
11	Tremblin', tryin' to stay alive							11
12	'Cause when you're born in the ghetto							12
13	No one seems to hear your cry							13
14								14
15	Yeah, so much pain							15
16	Trying hard to stay alive, stay alive							16
17	Out in these streets							17
38	Man, sometimes it can get so tough						[Lajamic - singing until fade]	38
39	Yeah, yes, it can, yes, it can, yeah						Oh, yeah, so much pain	39
7							Tryin hard to stay alive, stay alive	7
8							Out in these streets, oooh [harmonizing]	8
9							Man sometimes in can get so tough	9
10							Oh yeah, yes it can	10
11							Yes it can, yeah	11
	It can get so hard, so hard, so hard						It can get so hard, so hard, so hard

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