[00:00.00] 作词 : Cartagena, Floyd, Lyons ...
[00:02.56]Yeah it's time baby
[00:05.30]
[00:06.35]It's time to speak the truth maturity
[00:08.26]
[00:10.16]Huh niggas gotta evolve to let niggas know the rea
[00:12.82]
[00:13.70]Ya call yourself real
[00:14.82]Ya gotta start speakin about the real
[00:16.64]This is Joe Crack The Don
[00:18.35]And this is what I'm bringin to you
[00:20.20]Uh yo nowadays I'm flirtin with uncertain death
[00:24.37]Lord I gotta be dyin cause after all this cryin
[00:26.95]How much more hurtin's left
[00:28.31]When will the pain stop
[00:29.75]This depression and anxiety
[00:30.89]Is gonna make me show another side of me
[00:33.78]My niggas ride with me cause I'm the trut
[00:36.13]There's benefits to rollin with this clique
[00:38.09]Don't nobody **** with yo
[00:39.47]Still they label me a tyrant and a backstabber
[00:42.19]But study the facts of crack
[00:43.81]The shit don't add u
[00:45.10]I'm bringin opportunity to my community
[00:47.55]Probably the only rapper that cares
[00:49.14]But still you out to ruin me
[00:50.91]Who you foolin B I'm for unity
[00:53.13]Latins and blacks
[00:53.92]Could you fathom the strength
[00:55.32]We have of the two it attach
[00:57.00]Born together voted alike
[00:58.81]These uncle charm politicians ain't holdin us right
[01:01.67]How could the same bitch be 20 years in offic
[01:04.29]When it's clear the only thing
[01:05.57]That's risin is unemployment
[01:07.21]Abortion little kids havin kids
[01:09.61]The school system is failing us
[01:11.07]Now ain't that some shit
[01:12.48]While the rich keep gettin richer
[01:14.06]The poor keep dyin young
[01:15.38]I can't hide no more the time has come
[01:18.23]I was born in the ghetto
[01:22.83]
[01:24.52]Tremblin tryin' a stay alive
[01:28.69]
[01:29.75]Cause when you're born in the ghetto
[01:33.52]
[01:35.34]No one seems to hear your cry
[01:39.76]
[01:40.34]Brown skin
[01:41.61]
[01:42.18]You know I love my bra-ha-own skin
[01:44.79]Everyday I'm confronted with racism
[01:47.33]These mother****in copper
[01:48.81]Wanna bag us and have us shackled up in state prisons
[01:51.65]After all the taxes I pay
[01:53.65]You would think when they stop us
[01:55.51]They would have something nicer to say
[01:57.16]Than "get the **** out the car where the drugs a
[01:59.83]All the jewelry you wearin where the ****ing guns a
[02:02.79]Once they search the car clean and find nothin
[02:05.17]The same crooked cops try to act
[02:07.06]Like they know us or somethin
[02:08.38]Laughin tellin jokes by the thousands
[02:10.74]Two seconds ago they tried to
[02:12.27]Send us to the mountains
[02:13.80]Leave my son without a father
[02:15.44]My wife without a husband
[02:16.82]The more I think about it
[02:18.30]Man it's just disgusting
[02:19.53]Still we live amongst 'em
[02:20.81]Everybody wants out
[02:21.83]That's why we rap like we got
[02:23.37]Silver spoons in our mouths
[02:25.10]Like we ain't grow up on welfare
[02:27.21]Bitch don't even go ther
[02:28.79]You probably wore Pro Players
[02:30.36]We need to educate the youth
[02:32.08]Tell our seeds the truth
[02:33.13]Too much to share
[02:34.15]The bare minimum will exceed the proof
[02:35.71]
[02:36.45]I was born in the ghetto
[02:39.98]
[02:41.90]Tremblin tryin' a stay alive
[02:46.02]
[02:46.79]Cause when you're born in the ghetto
[02:51.02]
[02:52.95]No one seems to hear your cry
[02:57.13]
[03:00.28]Oh yeah so much pain
[03:06.17]
[03:07.98]Tryin hard to stay alive stay alive
[03:12.89]
[03:14.32]Out in these streets oooh harmonizing
[03:21.02]
[03:23.52]Man sometimes in can get so tough
[03:27.46]
[03:28.25]Oh yeah yes it can
[03:32.69]
[03:33.77]Yes it can yeah
[03:36.51]
[03:39.71]It can get so hard so hard so hard

作词 : Cartagena, Floyd, Lyons ...
Yeah it's time baby
It's time to speak the truth maturity
Huh niggas gotta evolve to let niggas know the rea
Ya call yourself real
Ya gotta start speakin about the real
This is Joe Crack The Don
And this is what I'm bringin to you
Uh yo nowadays I'm flirtin with uncertain death
Lord I gotta be dyin cause after all this cryin
How much more hurtin's left
When will the pain stop
This depression and anxiety
Is gonna make me show another side of me
My niggas ride with me cause I'm the trut
There's benefits to rollin with this clique
Don't nobody **** with yo
Still they label me a tyrant and a backstabber
But study the facts of crack
The shit don't add u
I'm bringin opportunity to my community
Probably the only rapper that cares
But still you out to ruin me
Who you foolin B I'm for unity
Latins and blacks
Could you fathom the strength
We have of the two it attach
Born together voted alike
These uncle charm politicians ain't holdin us right
How could the same bitch be 20 years in offic
When it's clear the only thing
That's risin is unemployment
Abortion little kids havin kids
The school system is failing us
Now ain't that some shit
While the rich keep gettin richer
The poor keep dyin young
I can't hide no more the time has come
I was born in the ghetto
Tremblin tryin' a stay alive
Cause when you're born in the ghetto
No one seems to hear your cry
Brown skin
You know I love my bra-ha-own skin
Everyday I'm confronted with racism
These mother****in copper
Wanna bag us and have us shackled up in state prisons
After all the taxes I pay
You would think when they stop us
They would have something nicer to say
Than "get the **** out the car where the drugs a
All the jewelry you wearin where the ****ing guns a
Once they search the car clean and find nothin
The same crooked cops try to act
Like they know us or somethin
Laughin tellin jokes by the thousands
Two seconds ago they tried to
Send us to the mountains
Leave my son without a father
My wife without a husband
The more I think about it
Man it's just disgusting
Still we live amongst 'em
Everybody wants out
That's why we rap like we got
Silver spoons in our mouths
Like we ain't grow up on welfare
Bitch don't even go ther
You probably wore Pro Players
We need to educate the youth
Tell our seeds the truth
Too much to share
The bare minimum will exceed the proof
I was born in the ghetto
Tremblin tryin' a stay alive
Cause when you're born in the ghetto
No one seems to hear your cry
Oh yeah so much pain
Tryin hard to stay alive stay alive
Out in these streets oooh harmonizing
Man sometimes in can get so tough
Oh yeah yes it can
Yes it can yeah
It can get so hard so hard so hard