Masterpiece - Single Version

(Money)

Where I was born, everything was dull and dingy (I ain't got none, job)

I lived in a place they called "The Inner City" (can't find one)

Getting ahead, huh, was strictly a no-no (the streets raised me from a baby)

'Cause nobody cares what happens to folks that live in the ghetto

Thousand of lives wasting away

People living from day to day

It's a challenge just staying alive

'Cause in the ghetto only the strong survives

Broken down homes, kids strung out

They don't even know what life's all about

Stealin' cars, robbin' bars

Muggin', drugs, rat-infested and no one's interested

Kids dodgin' cars for recreation

Only adds to a mother's frustration

Break-ins, folks comin' home and findin' all their possessions gone

Oh, it's an everyday thing

Well, well, in the ghetto, oh

It's an everyday thing in the ghetto