In The Ghetto
H.e.r.o. Lyrics

Kid from the ghetto, kiddie from the city
A young person who grew up in the poor area of town, also known as the neighborhood, distinguished from a child raised in the city.

Now growin up as a kid in the ghetto
As time passed when I lived in the poor neighborhood...

There wasn't no horses, no lake or no meadow
The neighborhood lacked places to go horseback riding, lakes to swim in, and meadows to run/play in.

And I bet you'll find it hard for you to settle
This kind of place makes it difficult for people to calm down and be at peace.

In the house I was Edward, on the streets my name was Edo
While at home I was called Edward, on the streets I went by Edo.

My pops passed fast when I was just about 8
My father died when I was around eight years old.

All of my success is to my mother, god bless her and thanks
I owe everything to my mother, and I thank God for her.

For raisin me the right way without the help of my dad
Despite not having my father present, my mother raised me in the right way.

All of the role models I had today are in the rehab
All the people I looked up to are currently in a rehabilitation center.

As I got older I got bolder
As I aged, I became more courageous.

My hands got bigger and now it's time for me to hold a
As I grew, my hands became larger, and I became confident about handling weapons.

.38 or any kind of gun
I felt comfortable holding any type of gun including a .38.

And just wait for a sucker to start some
I was waiting for someone to instigate a fight, so that I could respond with violence.

I'm in my freshman year in a gang actin naughty
During my first year of high school, I joined a gang and started behaving inappropriately.

Me and Brett was rollin ball for his older brother Donnie
Brett and I were smoking marijuana with Donnie, who was his older brother.

But both of us were scared so we gave it to Little Jay
Even though Brett and I were afraid of getting caught by the authorities, we passed the blunt to Little Jay because he claimed to know a safer place to smoke.

But at that time I thought the shit was cool
Back then, I believed that getting high was the right thing to do.

We used to ( ? ) every day after school
After school, we did something, but it is not clear what.

And get drunk at nights and go start more fights
At night, we drank and looked for trouble.

If it was wrong then we did it, we couldn't do nothin right
We made mistakes all the time, and never got anything right.

Now I'm still in the gang, I think my posse's no joke
Currently, I'm still affiliated with the gang and believe that our group is not to be taken lightly.

Until our first gang fight, then everybody broke
However, during the first gang fight, everyone scattered and ran away.

Except for five of us, it's a wonder we survived the rush
Only five of us remained, and it's a miracle that we survived the ordeal.

Cause we was outnumbered so we had to think fast
Since we were outnumbered, we had to act quickly.

We did the sensible thing, and that was to haul ass
The smartest thing to do at that moment was to run away as fast as we could.

Now I'm out of the gang, but ain't nothin changed
Although I left the gang, everything else remained the same.

Sometimes I walk around the way and everything's still the same
Occasionally, I walk around the neighborhood, and it appears that nothing has changed.

Except for Easter, me, Glen and Little James
Except for Easter, when Glenn, Little James, and I met up with some people.

Met up with the posse and it felt kinda strange
When we joined the group, I felt uneasy.

Because everyone was mad, cryin, no laughin
Everyone was upset and in tears, there wasn't any laughter.

And then I said, "What's up yo, tell me what happened?"
I asked someone what was going on.

Then someobdy said, "Lee's dead," I'm thinkin
Someone told me that Lee had died, and I was in disbelief.

Damn, no way, I seen him earlier today
I couldn't believe it because I had seen Lee earlier that day.

Now that's fucked up, and in my body rage struck up
I was mad, and my anger began to consume me.

And I was with it to get the niggaz who did it
I was willing to get revenge on whoever had killed Lee.

But we didn't make a move that night to go ill
We didn't take any action that night to seek retribution.

And that's when I seriously said it's time to chill
That's when I realized that it was time to calm down and let go of my anger.

I don't have no enemies but some of the people might not like me
I don't have any enemies, but there are people who do not have a favorable impression of me.

But that's not a reason for you to want to fight me
However, disliking me should not be an excuse for someone to want to fight me.

But that's the way it is, and that's word to the Edo
Unfortunately, that is the reality, and I'm saying it openly as Edo.

Cause that's the life of a kid in the ghetto
Being a child from the poor neighborhood is challenging and risky.