Where I was born ev`rything was dull and dingy

I lived in a place they called the inner city

Getting ahead huh was strictly a nono

Cause nobody cares what happens to the folks

That live in the ghetto

Thousands of lives wasting away

People living from day to day

It`s a challenge just staying alive

`Cause in the ghetto only the strong survive



Money I ain`t got none, job can`t find one

The streets raised me from a baby, ooh

Thousands of lives wasting away

People living from day to day

It`s a challenge just staying alive

`Cause in the ghetto only the strong survive



Broken down homes, kids strung out

They don`t even know what life`s all about

Stealin` cars, robbin` bars

Mugging drugs, rat infested

And no one`s interested



Kids dodging cars for recreation

Only adds to a mother`s frustration

Breakings, folks comin` home

And finding all their possessions gone

Oh it`s an ev`ry day thing - well well - in the ghetto

Oh it`s an ev`ry day thing in the ghetto