Ghetto Life

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[Verse 1]
[Dm]Before hi lay me down to sleep
[Am]I pray the lord my soul to keep
[Dm]If I should die before I wake
I pray [Am]di lord mi soul fi take

[Verse 2]
[Dm]Yow di city don't love me
Mi [Am]know seh di city don't love me
Mi [Dm]don't have a job no money
[Am]Lord di pain mi hungry

[Verse 3]
A just [Dm]ghetto life
Wi a search fi di [Am]paradise
Da one yah name [Dm]ghetto life
Wi [Am]need a way to survive
Hoowuhooowu
A just [Dm]ghetto life
Wi a search fi di [Am]paradise
Da one yah name [Dm]ghetto life
The [Am]system traumatize

[Verse 4]
Listen to di elder
[Dm]Mi granny never tell mi no lie
[Am]When shi seh di system it don't right
[Dm]Dem don't have no mercy society
[Am]Yo don't listen to di ghetto
youth [Dm]voice
Meck di ghetto youth dem strive
[Am]Every body pikiny waan fi know life
[Dm]A di prison an di jail[Am] dem find

[Verse 5]
Tell mi wa dem waan wi dead fa
[Dm]Every ghetto youth waan money yeh
[Am]And dem waan buy a house
for mommy yeh
In di [Dm]streets everyday don't funny yeh
Mi no [Am]know when di hearse
coming for me yeh
[Dm]Every ghetto youth waan money yeh
And [Am]dem waan buy a house
for mommy yeh
In di [Dm]streets everyday don't funny yeh
Mi no [Am]know when di hearse
coming for me yeh

[Verse 6]
A just [Dm]ghetto life
Wi a search fi di [Am]paradise
Da one yah name [Dm]ghetto life
[Am]Wi need a way to survive
Hoowuhooowu
A just [Dm]ghetto life
Wi a search fi di [Am]paradise
Da one yah name [Dm]ghetto life
The [Am]system traumatize
Listen to [Dm]di elder

[Verse 7]
Colonial [Am]brutality
Innocent youth get shoot Addi si
[Dm]Society no do nothing fi me
Caw mi [Am]scheme never
benefit through charity
[Dm]Ghetto youth have di true quality
[Am]Marcus Garvey philosophy
[Dm]Something a go happen in a di inner city
And mi [Am]granny seh di longest liver haffi si

[Verse 8]
[Dm]Every ghetto youth waan money yeh
[Am]And dem waan buy a house
for mommy yeh
In di [Dm]streets everyday don't funny yeh
Mi [Am]no know when di hearse
coming for me yeh
[Dm]Every ghetto youth waan money yeh
[Am]And dem waan buy a house
for mommy yeh
In di [Dm]streets everyday don't funny yeh
Mi no [Am]know when di hearse
coming for me yeh

[Verse 9]
A just [Dm]ghetto life
Wi a search fi di [Am]paradise
Da one yah name [Dm]ghetto life
Wi need a way [Am]to survive
Hoowuhooowu
A just [Dm]ghetto life
Wi a search fi di [Am]paradise
Da one yah name [Dm]ghetto life
The system [Am]traumatize
Listen to di elder

[Verse 10]
A just [Dm]ghetto life
Wi a search fi di [Am]paradise
Da one yah name [Dm]ghetto life
[Am]Wi need a way to survive
Hoowuhooowu
A just [Dm]ghetto life
Wi a search fi di [Am]paradise
Da one yah name [Dm]ghetto life
The [Am]system traumatize

[Outro 1]
Listen to di elder
[Dm][Am]
[Dm][Am][Dm]
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