Masterpiece

Money, I ain't got none

(Where I was born, everything was dull and dingy)

Job, can't find one

I lived in a place they called the inner city

The streets raised me from a baby

(Getting ahead, huh, was strictly a no-no 'Cause nobody cares what happens to folks that live in the ghetto)

Thousand of lives wasting away

People living from day to day

This is 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 ho[Outro: Dennis Edwards]

It's an every day thing - well well - in the ghetto

It's an every day thing in the ghetto