It's A New Day

[00:01.55] I'm sure everybody has their opinion
[00:03.34] About what happens in the ghetto
[00:04.81] And why people act certain ways, you know
[00:07.15] But you can't truly know unless you live there
[00:09.50] It's like a Catch-22 situation, you know
[00:11.78] It's like you don't like it, but you have to understand it
[00:15.36] It's rough
[00:16.68] It's not as easy as some people wanna think
[00:19.44] It's hard, it's real hard
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[00:28.68] Another day in the ghetto
[00:35.92] Well alright
[00:40.65] Another day in the ghetto
[00:45.26] Well alright
[00:49.01] Niggas killin' niggas, what you figure with your finger on the trigger
[00:52.05] You could be a bigga, big money, Big Willie gettin' bigger
[00:54.75] It's a shame the way you live, you give grief
[00:57.03] All things must change, so when will we have peace? (A piece of what?)
[01:00.68] Of my mind in this country
[01:02.24] I'm really sick and tired of hearin' "Mama I'm hungry"
[01:04.99] Or "Mama please tell me when will Papa come home?"
[01:07.42] Papa never comes home, Papa's a rollin' stone, hey
[01:10.55] Sometimes I picture sellin' drugs, but then again
[01:12.98] I know 'nough friends who sold drugs in a fed pen
[01:15.95] So I just sit back and bounce and count the amounts
[01:18.54] Of young brothers who died from a drug dealer's ounce
[01:21.33] Of coke or dope that some little black kid smoked
[01:24.68] Might as well pass a rope
[01:25.95] So we could hang ourselves, get a gat, bang ourselves
[01:29.15] Kill another brother, and just damn ourselves
[01:36.07] Another day in the ghetto
[01:37.82] Another day in the ghetto
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[01:52.71] Ayo, black on the block, sellin' rocks, had a gat
[01:55.51] He was strapped with a MAC and a baseball cap
[01:58.04] To the back, in pursuit of the loot
[02:00.06] He was true with his troops, meet his crew
[02:02.02] On the block where they sold soup
[02:03.72] In order to keep in order, this is sorta manslaughter
[02:06.53] Pat a brother down, make sure there's dope, take a quarter
[02:09.01] But yo don't flex, 'cause here's what's next
[02:11.98] X got a Tec and he's pressed to catch wreck
[02:14.32] My man's around the block with a Glock that's half-cocked
[02:16.94] Who cares about a cop, a cop could get popped
[02:19.73] Some kids in hoodies had the goodies
[02:21.68] Now could he or would he be a part of a neighborhood hoodin' hoodies
[02:25.05] 'Cause in his mind there's a picture of how to get richer
[02:28.50] Big dollar signs, numbers and figures
[02:30.54] Feelin' kinda itchy, itchy finger on the trigger
[02:33.19] Pop goes the gat, down goes another nigga on the block
[02:40.37] Another day in the ghetto
[02:47.68] Another day in the ghetto
[02:57.48] 3 In the mornin', everything is goin' swell
[03:00.80] Yo what the hell, that's the bell
[03:02.73] Open up the door, it's my man, "Yo whassup Hops'?"
[03:05.27] "Yo Hev I got some bad news, your brother's been shot" (Damn)
[03:08.06] Jetted to the hospital, prayin' for a miracle
[03:10.66] Lord I know he's vacant, see my brother's kinda physical
[03:13.21] Drippin' with sweat, but I won't tell my moms yet
[03:15.84] She moms is under pressure, and she'll just be a wreck
[03:18.62] Pacin' in the hallway, ran into the doc
[03:21.17] "Yo doc, what's his chances?" "Son his chances ain't a lot"
[03:24.01] Peeped into the room but I can't describe the pain
[03:26.35] See I knew it was my brother but he didn't look the same
[03:29.28] Somehow I got the nerve to put my hands upon his chest
[03:31.73] Held the tears from my eye as I felt for his breath
[03:34.59] And all I really remember is the word from my mother
[03:37.25] "My baby's gonna die", and now I miss my brother
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[05:10.66] Another day in the ghetto
[05:16.81] Another day in the ghetto
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