a child of the ghetto  know how to sleng me an elbow  i made a deal with the devil  then came up out the cevil  kilo, so fuck a hero  in my back yard  is now where my weed grow  i make the block bleed   servin fiends in need  i did my first murder   at the age of seven-teen  so now it's biziteen  imagen pinkie ring  choppen up the scene  candy coated limisune  so whatcha wanna see  i'm ballin at twenty-three  sippin down pea  this is my disteny  i'm pimpin big canton  from Houston to San Anton  my pistol grip is chrome  bustin ballas at your dome  took a trip to rome  but i made it back home  sittin all alone  i'm on the Latin Throne  WHAT!!!    [course 2x]  i'm the child of the ghetto (ghetto)  said i'm the child of the ghettooo    now weeto home boy  my people trip on the halle  my people killin my people  and we dont know what to call it  fuckin a barrio war  for the niggas who live in the ??  ?? right at the people for who do   never can go strong as the right??  dealin' with democrates   eatin' like fuckin rats  jackin' with ??  that's because your to poor to have a gat  gotta da make it better way  but your sister won't let you  trap deep in your jail cell  i be the locas who down  fools don't you know my familia  got ?? in shelter  i'm keepin dose in the summer  i'm rockin show's in the winter  makin somethin for nothin  ??  now im hittin licks with some tricks  just to bring home some gravy  ?? on my rollex  ?? on my lexis  i'm keepin it real for my people  on the grind that have da hustle  to you vatos lowridein and players  that got it made  turn your life around now   and ask god for a better way! uhh!    [Course 2x]    sometimes a niggar wish  that i can get away  from the shit today  damn there's got to be   a better way  dont you ever say that you can't   get out your predicument  change for the better   cause dont know when i can give a shit  if you innocent, if you guilty and just sayin it  barely makin it and motherfuckers say  that they hate me  kick dos and batteries  get for my family  gotta ford da salary  dat little sisters had da eat  it's sad to see that tradgity  and agginy of casuolty  heard some niggas after me  and dont know the half of me  if that's the way it has to be  then god let'em murder me  standing here today but  dont know if i deserve to be  but i cant let it worry me  i gots to make my feria  my only fear is god   so dont think i'll be a scard of ya  i stay two steps ahead of ya  so ain't nobody holdin me   my boy's out here will bury ya  so why dont you fuck over me