I was raised a little young nigga doin' bad *** Talk much ***, cuz I never had *** I could remember bein' whooped in class And if I didn't pass, momma whooped 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 a profit Found a block, got a clock, and I clocked bricks Makin' these was my mission Movin' up with this *** to get my momma off the kitchen And why must I sock a fella? Just to live large like Rockefeller First you didn't give a ***, but you learnin' now If you don't respect your town, they will burn you down Goddamn, it's a mother***in' riot Black people on the way, police, so don't try it If you're not from the town, then don't pass through Cuz some OG fools might blast you It ain't right, but it's wrong overdue We can't have peace till the niggas 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 If you're 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 *** Move counties, get a lawyer, you can shake the *** Ask Rodney, LaTosha, and many more It's been goin' on for years, there's plenty more When they ask me, when will the violence cease? When your troops stop shootin' niggas down in the street Niggas had enough time to make a difference Bear witness, on our own business *** the guard, cuz it's hard trying to make ends meet First we couldn't afford ***, now everything's free So we loot, please don't shoot when you see I'm takin' from them, cuz for years they would take from me Now the tables have turned around, you didn't listen Until the niggas burned it down And now Bush can't stop the hit I predicted this ***, it's apocalypse And for once I was down with niggas Felt good in the hood, bein' around the niggas, yeah And for the first time, everybody let go And the streets is 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 faces 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 that we actin' right Cuz both black and white can smoke a cop tonight And the only time we deal is when we kill each other It takes skill to be real, time to heal each other Though it seems heaven's sick, we ain't ready to have a black president And ain't a secret, don't conceal the fact The penitentiary's packed, and it's filled with blacks I wake up in the morning and I ask myself Is life worth livin', should I blast myself? I'm tired of bein' poor and even worse than black My stomach hurts, so I'm lookin' for a post-it snap Cops give a damn about a negro Pull a trigger, kill a nigga, he's a hero Mo' nigga, mo' nigga, mo' niggas Rather be a dad than a pope, nigga 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 Distinct and thick as the sides of a tap, yeah Children of the house, I wonder if heaven got a ghetto I wonder if heaven got a ghetto I wonder if heaven got a ghetto