I was raised a little young n***a doing bad sh** Don't much sh** cause I never had sh** I can remember being whooped in class And if I didn't pass, I'ma whoop my ass Was it my fault Papa didn't plan it out? Broke out, left me to be the man in the house I couldn't take it, had to make her drop it Found a block, got a clock, and I clocked Making Z's was my mission Moving up with this sh** to get my mama off the kitchen And why must I sock a fella? Just to live large like Rockefeller First you didn't give a f**k, but you're learning now If you don't respect the town, they will burn you down Goddamn, it's a motherf**kin' riot Black people on the rage, police, so don't try it If you're not from the town, then don't pass through Cause some OG fools might blast you It ain't right, but it's wrong overdue We can't have peace till the n****s get a piece too I'm OG, so you label me a criminal And if I die, I wonder if heaven got a ghetto I wonder if heaven got a ghetto I wonder if heaven got a ghetto I wonder if heaven got a ghetto I wonder if heaven got a ghetto Mother on earth, tell me what's a black life worth A bottle of juice is no excuse, the truth hurts And even when you take the sh**, move counties Get a lawyer, you can shake the sh** Ask Rodney, Latasha, and many more It's been going on for years, there's plenty more When they ask me, when will the violence cease? When your troops stop shooting n****s down in the street N****s had enough, time to make a difference Bear witness, on our own business *** the God, cause it's hard trying to make ends meet First we couldn't afford sh**, now everything's free So we loose, please don't shoot when you see I'm taking from them, cause for years they would take from me Now the tables have turned around You didn't listen, until the n****s burned it down And now Bush can't stop the hit I predicted this sh**, it's apocalypse And for once I was down with n****s Felt good in the hood, being around the n****s And for the first time, everybody let go And the streets was death row I wonder if heaven got a ghetto I wonder if heaven got a ghetto I wonder if heaven got a ghetto I wonder if heaven got a ghetto I wonder if heaven got a ghetto I see no changes, all I see is racist bases Misplaced hate makes disgrace the racist We under, I wonder what it takes to make this One better place, let's erase the wasted Take the evil out the people, they'll be acting right Cause both black and white, they're smoking crack tonight And the only time we deal is when we kill each other It takes skill to be real, time to heal each other And though it seems heaven's sick We ain't ready to have a black president It ain't a secret, don't conceal the fact The penitentiary plaque, and it's filled with blacks I wake up in the morning, then I ask myself Is life worth living, should I blast myself? I'm tired of being poor, and even worse than black My stomach hurts, so I'm looking for a purse to snap Cops give a damn about a negro Pull a trigger, kill a n***a, he's a hero Mo' n****s, mo' n****s, mo' n****s Rather be a dead than a po' n***a Let the Lord judge the criminals If I die, I wonder if heaven got a ghetto I wonder if heaven got a ghetto I wonder if heaven got a ghetto And I wonder if heaven got a ghetto I wonder if heaven got a ghetto I wonder if heaven got a ghetto I wonder if heaven got a ghetto I wonder if heaven got a ghetto Just stick, if n****s decide to retaliate Shoes in the house I wonder if heaven got a ghetto I wonder if heaven got a ghetto I wonder if heaven got a ghetto I wonder if heaven got a ghetto