[Hook]
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
[Verse 1]
I was raised, the little young n***a doin' bad sh**
Talk much sh**, ‘cause I never had sh**
I could remember being whupped in cla**
And if I didn't pa**, Mama whupped my a**
Was it my fault Papa didn't plan it out?
Broke out, left me to be the man of the house
I couldn't take it, had to make a profit
Found a block, got a Glock, and I clock grips
Makin' G's was my mission
Movin' enough of this sh** to get my mama out the kitchen
And why must I sock a fella?
Just to live large like Rockefeller?
First you didn't give a f**, but you're learnin' now
If you don't respect the town then we'll burn you down
Goddamn, it's a motherf**in' riot
Black people on a rage, police, so don't try it
If you're not from the town then don't pa** through
‘Cause some O.G. fools might blast you
It ain't right, but it's long overdue
We can't have peace 'til the n***as get a piece too
I want G's so you label me a criminal
And if I die, I wonder if Heaven got a ghetto
[Hook]
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
[Verse 2]
Here 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 shootin' n***as down in the street
n***as had enough time to make a difference
Bear witness, on our own business
f** the guard, ‘cause it's hard tryin' to make ends meet
First we couldn't afford sh**, now everything's free
So we loot, please don't shoot when you see
I'm takin' from them ‘cause for years they would take from me
Now the tables have turned around
You didn't listen, until the n***as burned it down
And now Bush can't stop the hit
Predicted the sh** in 2Pacalypse
And for once I was down with n***as
Felt good in the hood being around the n***as
Yeah, and for the first time everybody let go
And the streets is d**h row, I wonder if Heaven got a ghetto
[Hook]
I wonder if Heaven got a ghetto
I wonder if Heaven got a ghetto
I wonder if Heaven got a ghetto
(yeah), I wonder if Heaven got a ghetto
[Verse 3]
I see no changes, all I see is racist faces
Misplaced hate makes disgrace to races
We under, I wonder what it take to make this
One better place, let's erase the wasted
Take the evil out the people, they'll be actin' right
‘Cause both black and white are smokin' crack tonight
And only time we deal is when we k** each other
It takes sk** to be real, time to heal each other
And though it seems heaven-sent
We ain't ready to have a black President
Huh, it ain't a secret, don't conceal the fact
The Penitentiary's packed, and it's filled with blacks
I wake up in the mornin' and I ask myself
Is life worth livin'? Should I blast myself?
I'm tired of being poor and, even worse, I'm black
My stomach hurts, so I'm lookin' for a purse to snatch
Cops give a damn about a negro
Pull the trigger, k** a n***a, he's a hero
Mo' n***a, mo' n***a, mo' n***as
Rather I'd be dead than a po' n***a
Let the Lord judge the criminals
If I die, I wonder if Heaven got a ghetto
[Hook & (Ad-Lib)]
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 think if n***as decide to retaliate)
(soldier in eye's)
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