Ghetto Burbs (feat. Emanny)-Joe Budden

[00:02.469][Intro:] [00:06.518]Always had big dreams [00:11.298]Everybody had big dreams though [00:16.288]I never wanna stay here, I had no intentions [00:21.042]And I have had no plans [00:22.113][Chorus:] [00:24.673]Live my life, [00:28.173]Gotta know how to survive [00:30.211]Just can't hide [00:33.894]'Cause these streets will eat you alive, [00:35.462]ghetto burbs [00:38.988]'Cause I'm from two different worlds, [00:40.869]ghetto burbs [00:44.343]Coming from these ghetto burbs. [00:46.198][Verse 1:] [00:46.590]Yo yo, ghetto burbs I'm from the ghetto with Jerz [00:48.262]From where the pedal is served [00:49.646]Use hand, justice for words [00:51.004]Pick up the LA, they was ahead of the curb [00:53.773]My hooey gang bang [00:55.027]You could get left from the curb [00:56.516]Yea I was raised here, but I'm tryna export [00:59.129]Police is crook yea, the strippers is escorts [01:01.819]Like my homey Layla, really I can't knock her [01:04.562]'Cause she getting paper, month ago she was knocked up [01:07.409]Baby daddy your **** boy, fresh homey was locked up [01:10.126]But he on the same shit, ****ed around and got shot up [01:12.634]You mind saying mind, I'm like why he even bother [01:15.246]At the same time don't know what he was a part of [01:18.015]And Layla over the casket, see this coming harder [01:20.758]The hood went again, another summon the father [01:23.501]Gotta take it astride, round here it's the usual [01:26.296]But I ain't accustomed, that shit I can't get used to [01:29.300]I'm tryna survive [01:30.005][Chorus:] [01:30.371]Live my life, [01:33.323]Gotta know how to survive [01:35.569]Just can't hide [01:38.809]'Cause these streets will eat you alive, [01:40.898]ghetto burbs [01:44.242]'Cause I'm in two different worlds, [01:46.358]ghetto burbs [01:49.728]Coming from these ghetto burbs. [01:51.530][Verse 2:] [01:51.844]Yo, ghetto burbs I'm from the ghetto with Jerz [01:53.803]From where the ghetto's disturbed, you can be dead and not heard [01:56.493]Say you're predaly, and ended with better or worse [01:59.236]I lost faith but grandma still keep her head up in church [02:01.927]Murder is sky high, employment is real low [02:04.591]Little kid tryna rap, but will he get a deal? No [02:07.282]'Cause poverty kills slow, belief is beyond you [02:10.051]7-9'er every 10 ******* here got the monster like my lil homey Tania [02:14.152]I met her in freak nik, freak yea [02:16.190]The same ***** the *****s be all out in the street with [02:18.750]Open, in love with the service [02:20.918]But she got resentment, she won't see from the surface [02:23.478]So like so many women look right so she worship [02:26.221]Caught aids from rape and thought her whole life was worthless [02:28.911]Hoe couldn't know how gorgeous her curbs is [02:31.680]She ****in em raw and hope they catch it on purpose [02:34.580]You better survive [02:35.442][Chorus:] [02:35.886]Live my life, [02:38.916]Gotta know how to survive [02:40.876]Just can't hide [02:44.245]The streets will eat you alive, [02:47.772]ghetto burbs [02:49.809]'Cause I'm from two different worlds [02:52.918]ghetto burbs [02:55.191]Coming from these ghetto burbs. [02:57.254][Verse 3:] [02:57.751]Ghetto burbs I'm from the ghetto with Jerz [02:59.370]I ain't tryna act like my part of the ghetto's the worst [03:01.982]*****s is *****s here, they'll buy stilettos for birds [03:04.647]How did I get here? They act like the men who don't hurt [03:07.468]Dude just getting high, guess they tryna escape it [03:10.080]Won't commit suicide, assuming they couldn't take it [03:12.588]The streets is cold, still we runnin round naked [03:15.383]Success is avoid and we replace it with hatred [03:18.152]That's your homey from way back, from showing the years oh [03:20.869]The friends turnin green even that after we're old [03:23.769]You thinking kid? No, values to sheer clothes [03:26.459]Now you struggle for rent and he got ice in his ear lobes [03:29.019]Your man won't even extend a hand, meeting all his career goals [03:32.676]You need a whole nother plan, your career's broke [03:35.471]Valuables are more valuable than everything, even value the dudes [03:40.069]'Cause you gotta survive [03:40.931][Chorus: x2] [03:41.767]Live my life, [03:44.353]Gotta know how to survive [03:46.678]Just can't hide [03:49.813]These streets will eat you alive, [03:53.548]ghetto burbs [03:55.298]'Cause I'm in two different worlds [03:57.989]ghetto burbs [04:00.732]Coming from these ghetto burbs. [04:20.062][Outro:] [04:30.616]I'm from the ghetto burbs [04:41.431]Gotta know how to survive [04:45.114]Streets eat you up [04:52.010]Coming from the ghetto burbs [04:57.809]Said the streets eat you alive, alive yea yea yea [05:15.547]Coming from the ghetto burbs yea