Ghetto Theme
Mac Mall Lyrics

Hey living these days ain't no joke
These days are tough and challenging

Fiends they smoke and every young brother sells coke
Drug addiction is prevalent and every young person is selling drugs

And if not they affiliated with the game
Even if they're not directly selling drugs, they're still involved in the game

It ain't like the old days in '93 thangs changed
Things have changed since the 90s and it's not the same

A young brotha might blast ya if he has to
Young people might use violence if necessary

And a punk won't last a
Someone who is weak won't survive

Second in the place where I'm living at
It's a dangerous place to live

Cause everybody and they momma's pack gats
Everyone is armed and has guns

Some pack these Tech-9s and might live fine
Some people have high-end firearms and are living comfortably

But a try boy keeps thangs straight
But a smart person stays out of trouble

Cause it ain't nothing like suburbia
The issues faced here are very different from those in suburban areas

Cause in the hood a young soldier might murder ya
In the hood, a young person might kill you

Its kind of sick when you're watching your partner get killed
It's extremely disturbing to witness a friend being killed

Straight feel off the earth dying over turf
Losing one's life over a piece of land is ridiculous

That the other man owns but us youngsters don't know this
The land being fought over doesn't even belong to the young people

We killing one another just to show who the dopest
Young people are killing each other to prove who's the best

While us brothas is capping the 'blue eyed devil' is laughing
While young black people are fighting each other, others are amused

And my cuddies is dying man I wonder what happened
My friends are dying and it's very concerning

To the peace and togetherness 'black fists' raised in the air
The idea of unity and solidarity represented by raised fists is disappearing

But us youngsters don't care
Young people are not taking things seriously

So I wonder partner 'is unity a dream?'
So the question arises whether unity is just a distant dream

Young players got to get it together
Young people need to get their act together

Back in the days I never tripped but then I noticed
It wasn't a problem earlier but now it's very noticeable

That people were my color were coming up the shortest
People of color are the ones who are losing out the most

Life ain't cool for a young soldier stuck on the streets
The life of a young person who is homeless and stuck on the streets is not pleasant

He got 'mail' on his mind plus a 'nine' and fools talk about peace
Young people are more focused on selling drugs and having firearms than making peace

All he wants is his piece of the pie
All that they want is their share of the money

Can't get no '9-to-5' so on the streets he got to strive
Because they can't get a regular job, they have to sell drugs

So don't trip when you see him with the cellular phone
Don't be surprised when you see a young person with a fancy phone, it's how they are doing business

Cause that's the way that he's pimping the system
This is their way of working the system for their benefit

Strictly coming up with all the fools against him
Young people have to fight all odds to make money

Dealing with the mass confusion
Dealing with so much chaos

Robbing and looting
Stealing and causing mayhem

And drive by shootings
Killing people while driving by in a car

But in the ghetto its an everyday thang thou
All these things happen every single day in the ghetto

Without togetherness things ain't gone change thou
Without coming together, things will not improve

I was told to keep my 'eyes-on-the-prize' but I can't
They were advised to focus on the future, but cannot because of the present circumstances

So I hind behind the dank and the drank
Resorting to drugs and alcohol to escape reality

To camouflage all my pain, ghetto got us insane
The ghetto is driving them crazy and they are using drugs to forget

Since our vision is blurry we don't know this maine
Their vision is obscured and they can't see the bigger picture

We need to come together on these inner city streets
It's important for everyone to unite on the streets of the inner city

Cause if we don't we all going to be deceased
If they don't unite, they will all die

Peep the ghetto theme
This is what life in the ghetto really is

In '93 it ain't the government mind tricks
In 1993, it's not the government that is causing issues, it's the young people with guns

It's young brotha's with the gats and the clips
It's the young people who have guns and ammunition

That's quick to click and shoot
They're very quick to use their guns

For practically nothing,
They're using their guns for trivial reasons

Because these brotha's these days man have no patience
Young people these days do not have any patience

School ain't cool when you're learning about the slave days
School is not interesting when you're only taught about past slavery days

And all the presidents making all them slave trades
Presidents in the past had traded slaves, which is not commonly talked about

You should see you're turning the future into the past
Young people are causing the future to look like the past

This folks pass a brother going to blast
This disrespect shown to others is enough to trigger someone into using weapons

On another damn I thought we smarter than that
They should be smarter than resorting to violence

But it seems without the gats we ain't even all that
Without their guns, they feel inadequate

Plus some fools with a sag in our pants
Young people with sagging pants look foolish

We need to put the nine's down and let our minds advance
Young people need to leave their weapons and focus on personal growth

Young sister yeah she's a pregnant-free teen
Young girls are getting pregnant at very young ages

But she don't know that once she was a queen and her man was a king
She doesn't know that she comes from a royal lineage

Now her man sells dope on the avenue
The father of their unborn child is selling drugs on the streets

I know its true but this is what they push us to
It's the environment they live in that pushes them into these actions

Brotha's man we have way too much hate
There's too much hatred among the young men

We might be from different states but we all from the same place
They may have different backgrounds, but they all belong to the same community

Times is hard but they ain't hard as it seems
Although the times are tough, it's not as bad as it seems

All I do is say 'peace' and kick my ghetto theme
All they can do is promote peace and speak about life in the ghetto