[00:00.000] 作词 : Penn/Peter Phillips
[00:00.501] 作曲 : Penn/Peter Phillips
[00:01.02]Ghetto of the Mind...
[00:54.60]I catch a body at a party, sort of herbal with the verbal
[00:57.29]Look above and see the vultures fly around in a circle
[00:59.95]Baggin' while you're lollygaggin', raggin', tow-taggin'
[01:02.42]Assassin with the millimeter roars of a dragon
[01:04.95]Here stood the black hood, thirsty for the end
[01:07.43]And for the love of money, kind of funny, new friends
[01:10.14]Public housing, a thousand in a tent
[01:12.46]So I'm forced to sell hell just to pay the rent
[01:14.98]Killin' my own people, I put 'em out of order
[01:17.67]Just like the liquor store scene on every corner
[01:20.29]I'm tryin' but the kids keep cryin', and the bullets keep flyin'
[01:23.36]Look, a boy, he's on the curb just dyin'
[01:25.44]Finally the cops come dumb to the slum
[01:28.00]Pull out a gun and arrest the wrong one
[01:30.48]Wax all the Puerto Ricans and blacks
[01:32.52]So they can never relax
[01:33.78]I dwell, might as well learn the facts
[01:35.75]Pete Rock and C.L. can radio a shack up
[01:38.17]Sparkin' off and have 'em all callin' for backup
[01:40.74]"Watch another crime and you're gonna do time"
[01:43.12]All this you'll find in the ghettos of the mind
[01:46.06]Ain't that somethin'?
[02:06.18]Listen to cats and rough rats war under the window
[02:08.76]When the ghetto forts flurry, never was a Tom and Jerry
[02:11.39]Livin' ain't cheap, my survival is deep
[02:13.92]In this part of town where the city never sleep
[02:16.39]A Barney Miller roller, you can bet the car's stolen
[02:18.92]Or static with your BM, only when you see them
[02:21.50]Speakin' on your baby's mom, a best for the drama
[02:24.02]Always tryin' to make a movie, little stark-ravin' looney
[02:26.65]Stressin' it, but you know the ghetto keep ya busy
[02:29.11]A place that when I die it would never even miss me
[02:31.79]Crack phials in the aisles as one pimp smiles
[02:34.58]Dope piles workin' hookers by the miles
[02:36.78]But still my pop's got three jobs to stable
[02:39.36]A family household and food on the table
[02:41.87]So as we pray for all our souls to keep
[02:44.41]Somebody's on the project roof, ready to leap
[02:47.04]I want to stop the pain or the bad situation
[02:49.57]But backwards wisdom I can't afford to give 'em
[02:52.91]Self savior is much braver with the conscious behavior
[02:56.19]Designed in the ghettos of the mind
[02:58.16]Ain't that somethin'? Yeah, c'mon
[03:18.22]It's like that y'all
[03:28.60]I could never look forward to an early retirement
[03:31.33]But still I maintain in a hostile environment
[03:33.97]Hustlin' the concrete jungle for loot
[03:36.19]My parents hated blood money so they gave me the boot
[03:38.91]Take a risk cause the peer pressure has the edge
[03:41.34]It was a blessin' when I saw my life dangle on the ledge
[03:43.95]The streets coulda swallowed me whole
[03:45.82]But the pain was all gone when I got to see my healthy son born
[03:49.06]And now I bring him home to the ghetto
[03:51.09]Only to make a stronger fellow
[03:52.24]Maybe do some good for the neighborhood
[03:54.42]It's hard playing hero livin' less than a zero
[03:56.69]Raging Bull like DeNiro, the modern day pharoah
[03:59.42]A concentration camp with the Section 8
[04:01.88]Welfare checks given at a monthly rate
[04:04.36]Apply for the get high, or just plain lazy
[04:07.03]Many steady collect right around the fifth baby
[04:09.51]The hawk is out but the niggas never pack it
[04:12.05]A hundred dollar sneakers with the skimpy-ass jacket
[04:14.66]When people are deaf, dumb, and blind they get left behind
[04:17.91]Imagine in the ghettos of the mind