Ghetto Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[Em]This is Rosewood.
I'm not saying go out there
and wild out on cops.
I'm just trying to teach the
youth something.
Trying to get them prepared for the world.
This is crazy out here.
For every kid born in the ghetto,
another kid dies in the ghetto.
That's how [D]it is in
the ghetto.
[Em]The government got us here
for a reason.
They're killing us one by one
like [D]it's hunting season.
So when [C]you see them boys roll by,
you better [Em]look out
Low, low, low, low,
cause they [C]won't hesitate
to [G]let your 41 shots [Em]go
Go, [D]go, go
[Em]Amadou got 41, Sean Bell got 50
Kyle Coppin got 10,
[D]and he was only [Em]18
Amadou had a wallet,
Kyle had a brush
They said Sean had a gun,
but ain't no gun turned up
What does that tell you?
Republic enemy number one
You need to smell the coffee,
and [D]wake up with the sun
[Em]Listen, don't kill each other,
[G]get money [Em]together
Stop the violence or something,
that was supposed [D]to last forever
Cause when [Em]that devil of a president
in states marks the law
And all them brainwashed soldiers
[D]is knocking at your door
[Em]What you gon' do?
You gon' fight or lay down?
Me?
I'ma spray rounds
until [D]they lay down
and [Em]stay down
Cause this is my freedom
given to me by God himself
And you can't have it
unless you holler [D]at God yourself
I [Em]swear on everything,
I'ma tell the whole planet
So try to blacklist my song,
my people won't [D]have it
[Em]The voice on this tape
has [D]been altered
for [Em]obvious reasons.
Yeah, I was a fuckin' good [G]cop,
[Em]you know?
But these fuckin' niggas
in these sticks,
they think they run the fuckin' world.
[D]So if [Em]I think they pullin' a fuckin' pistol,
I'm gonna shoot them right between
their fuckin' eyes.
For every kid born in the ghetto,
another kid dies in the ghetto.
That's how [D]it is in
the ghetto.
[Em]The government got us here
for a reason.
They killin' us one by one
like [D]it's huntin' season[G]s.
So when you [C]see them boys roll by,
you better [Em]fuck their low,
low, low, low
Cause they [C]won't hesitate to [G]left
before you run shots, [Em]go, go, [C]go, [D]go
[Em]Rosewood, it's a whole new aura
More focused, more mature,
[D]I get ord[Em]ers
I'm tryna make them niggas rich,
no more quarters
No more four ways and rights now,
[D]it's hard orders
[Em]But we gotta be careful
cause them boys is on the prowl,
prowl, [D]prowl, prowl
[Em]Jealous that we livin' good,
so they tryin' to cut us down, down, [D]down
I [Em]got peoples that patrol
New York shit cold
They hate it, but they tryin' to get dope
[D]And makin' Lat[Em] in splats
to even Asians
Rooted at a young age, and givin' tases
[D]Badges and gun[Em] s,
that goes that patrol car run
Terror lights is on, and [D]they comin' for you,
I [Em]ain't sayin' why lie to shoot
cops like Larry Davis
I'm sayin' be prepared
if you wanna make it
I've had cops' guns in my
face at the age of 15
Nothin' sacred and immortal,
they destroyin' king and queens
They need to self -reflect
before they self -destruct
And take extreme caution
before they decide to bust
Little ghetto boy
Livin' in the ghetto [D]streets
[Em]What you gonna do when you grow up?
And [D]how to face [Em]responsibility