Ghetto Tears

Lyrics

[Intro: Silkk the Shocker & Master P] Dear God can ya save me? If you can't save me, save our babies I been tryin' to keep it real So many ghetto tears my people cry Life is hard and I see that every day Just so many ghetto tears in the ghetto [Verse 1: Silkk the Shocker] Age 11 lookin' out of a ghetto buildin' Mom and 5 of us little ghetto children I ain't never knew wrong from right Growin' up all my life, thinkin' Adidas had 4 stripes See my uncle tried to warn us Told us not to do drugs, and yesterday I seen him on it See in my hood it ain't no love Age 13, seen my auntie OD on drugs The neighborhood ho, only 15, everybody wants to bang her Found her dead, gave herself and abortion with a clothes hanger I seen one of my neighbors try everything but couldn't make it Came home one day killed his whole family, I guess he couldn't take it I give back, even if it ain't nothin' big Look at my grandma, terminal disease, only got months to live They tell us we ain't gonna be nothin', gave my homie 25 years I shed tears for all my peers [Chorus: Master P] Dear God can ya save me? If you can't save me, save our babies So many ghetto tears my people cry You ain't supposed to question God, but I'm askin' why So many ghetto tears my people cry Throughout the years, my people shed ghetto tears My people shed ghetto tears, throughout the years [Verse 2: Silkk the Shocker] The ghetto's like a headache, one big ol' migraine Tryin to stay high 'til I die, tryna like hide the pain My homey mama died, he didn't know it When she died, he committed suicide, my homie jumped up off the sixth floor Maybe it's too late for me, since I'm still here, I'm kinda glad to be Been in and out of jail since I was 12, life been hell since mama had me I have to ask myself the simple question why It's so hard to live but yet so easy to die With this simple question, Lord can you help me Just tryin' to live large and wealthy from these card that you dealt me I used to ask my uncles for money, now they ask me Life passed 'em up, I wonder will life pass me 'Cause see it really ain't no love for us ghetto kids For all the dirt that I did, I don't think I'll find where heaven is I wonder why they won't panic and try to ban it Probably 'cause they scared of me, just don't understand me [Chorus: Master P] Dear God can ya save me? If you can't save me, save our babies So many ghetto tears my people cry You can't question God, but I'm askin' why So many ghetto tears my people cry Throughout the years, my people shed ghetto tears My people shed ghetto tears, throughout the years My people shed ghetto tears [Verse 3: Silkk the Shocker] How could you carry a kid for 9 months, Black? She had a baby boy, but while she she was pregnant she was smokin' crack How could you rape and abuse your kids? How could you commit incest and say you love your kids? They ain't ask to be here, they ain't ask to see here Slipped here by 15 minutes of pleasure, that's why they can't see clear From the cradle to the grave or from the elementary to the penitentiary Life is so hard, not meant to be [Chorus: Master P] Dear God can ya save me? If you can't save me, save our babies So many ghetto tears our people cry Throughout the years, and I ask you why My people shed ghetto tears So many ghetto tears my people cry Damn, so many ghetto tears Throughout the years, my people shed ghetto tears