ghet-tO-boyz-ghet-tO-girlz


RULES OF ALPHANUMERICALWORD: Upper-case "letters" and "numbers" R prO-nouced at face val-U but "words" R pronounced by sound.

N-trO: thA B wearN out that "nig-ga"…
don't thA?
all nation-alities!
nig-ga this---
nig-ga that---
nig-ga whut!?!

bab-B's krI-N
cuz moma's hI &
dad-E's locked-up
trI-N 2 get out

brother's slang-N
trI-N 2 hang-N
sted-D bang-N
with-tha-guy-frum
down-south

sista's pregnant
but shE aint dun with
hI-school --- & now---!
shE just dropped out

N thEz tImz
N thEz wAz
we're live-N-tha-last-dAz

N thEz tImz
N thEz wAz
we're live-N-tha-last-dAz

tha qI-er's sing-N
tha prE-churs prA-N
4 tha fOks
who just got lAd-off

kidz R plA-N
while parents beg-N
4 sum food & med-a-cN
4 A koff

uncle's pR-lA-N
while dis-O-bA-N
his PO sA-N
hE nEdz 2 back-off

aunties com-plAn-N
while shE's N trAn-N
2 switch her job
B-cuz shE h8s her job
B-cuz shE h8s her boss

N thEz tImz
N thEz wAz
we're live-N-tha-last-dAz

ghet-tO bOz
ghet-tO grilz
<live-N A ghetto world>

ghet-tO bOz
ghet-tO grilz
<live-N A ghetto world>

a perfect storm
riding thrU tha block
when tha bullets fly
the kids drop
tricky bitches
sticky snitches
tha ghetto life
tha ghetto riches
EZ kum
EZ go
money talks
I know
U know
*they found him dead*
witha bullet N his head
rest his soul*
he was 8 years old!

N thEz tImz
N thEz wAz
we're live-N-tha-last-dAz

N thEz tImz
N thEz wAz
we're live-N-tha-last-dAz

thugs & drugs
pimps & "hO's"
stop & frisk
thats how it go's….
its "do" or "die"
& shoot 2 kill
A smash & grab
"U know tha deal"
a mommy got stabbed
wrong place
wrong time
N tha ghetto
tha strong survive

N thEz tImz
N thEz wAz
we're live-N-tha-last-dAz

ghet-tO bOz
ghet-tO grilz
<live-N A ghetto world>

ghet-tO bOz
ghet-tO grilz
<live-N A ghetto world>

wE got
1 mO round 2 gO
(don't get it twisted)
eve-N if wE
have 2 filler-up
don't miss it

so now
ICY
y'all call it
hI-school…
ICY
cuz whN most
of y'all go-N
most of y'all hI!
ICY y'all kall it
"hI" school!
ICY

& now I understand
how 2 transform
a nuckle-head
N2 a real man

but yeh Eve n if U speak
the same language
that nuckle-head
may NOT understand

well thats
the environment
"The Conditionings"
the resources of tha
"ghetto living"

or even N-dependent
of taken responsibility
that always turns out 2B
far from how it was planned

so then what?
now, what ya gonna do?
just when U X-spect "it"
that shit don't
kum thrU?…
"my sista"...

"my brotha"...
I'll tell U what I'd do?
I will B gr8-ful 2 have
as many options available
so that I can choose

yo D-sissions
(U-make-um)
yo chances
(U-take-um)
yo promises
(U-brake-um)
yo habits
(U-shake-um)

N thEz tImz
N thEz wAz
we're live-N-tha-last-dAz

ghet-tO bOz
ghet-tO grilz
<live-N A ghetto world>

ghet-tO bOz
ghet-tO grilz
<live-N A ghetto world>


by Nevada Breeze,
Queen of Hooks