I Wonder If Heaven Got a Ghetto

We can’t have peace till the niggas get a piece too
I wonder if Heaven got a ghetto
I wonder if Heaven got a ghetto
I wonder if Heaven got a ghetto
I wonder if Heaven got a ghetto

I was raised
The little young nigga doin’ bad shit
Talk much shit
‘Cause I never had shit
I could remember being whupped in class
And if I didn’t pass
Mama whupped my ass
Was it my fault papa didn’t plan it out?
Broke out, left me to be the man of the house
I couldn’t take it
Had to make a profit
Found a block, got a Glock
And I clock grips
Makin’ G’s was my mission
Movin’ enough of this shit
To get my mama out the kitchen
And why must I sock a fella?
Just to live large like Rockefeller?
First you didn’t give a fuck
But you’re learnin’ now
If you don’t respect the town
Then we’ll burn you down
Goddamn, it’s a motherfuckin’ riot
Black people on a rage, police, so don’t try it
If you’re not from the town
Then don’t pass through
‘Cause some O.G. fools might blast you
It ain’t right, but it’s long overdue
We can’t have peace
’Til the niggas get a piece too
I want G’s so you label me a criminal
And if I die, I wonder if Heaven got a ghetto

I wonder if Heaven got a ghetto
I wonder if Heaven got a ghetto
I wonder if Heaven got a ghetto
I wonder if Heaven got a ghetto

Here on Earth
Tell me what’s a black life worth?
A bottle of juice is no excuse
The truth hurts
And even when you take the shit
Move counties, get a lawyer
You can shake the shit
Ask Rodney, Latasha, and many more
It’s been going on for years
There’s plenty more
When they ask me
“When will the violence cease?”
When your troops stop shootin’ niggas down in the street
Niggas had enough time to make a difference
Bear witness
Own our own business
Fuck the guard
’Cause it’s hard tryin’ to make ends meet
First we couldn’t afford shit
Now everything’s free
So we loot
Please don’t shoot when you see
I’m takin’ from them
‘Cause for years they would take from me
Now the tables have turned around
You didn’t listen
Until the niggas burned it down
And now Bush can’t stop the hit
Predicted the shit in 2Pacalypse
And for once I was down with niggas
Felt good in the hood being around the niggas, yeah
And for the first time everybody let go
And the streets is death row
I wonder if Heaven got a ghetto

I wonder if Heaven got a ghetto
I wonder if Heaven got a ghetto
I wonder if Heaven got a ghetto
Yeah, I wonder if Heaven got a ghetto

I see no changes
All I see is racist faces
Misplaced hate makes disgrace to races
We under
I wonder what it take to make this
One better place
Let’s erase the wasted
Take the evil out the people
They’ll be actin’ right
‘Cause both black and white
Are smokin’ crack tonight
And only time we deal is when we kill each other
It takes skill to be real
Time to heal each other
And though it seems heaven-sent
We ain’t ready to have a black President
It ain’t a secret, don’t conceal the fact
The Penitentiary’s packed
And it’s filled with blacks
I wake up in the mornin’ and I ask myself
Is life worth livin’ or should I blast myself?
I’m tired of being poor and, even worse, I’m black
My stomach hurts
So I’m lookin’ for a purse to snatch
Cops give a damn about a negro
Pull the trigger, kill a nigga, he’s a hero
Mo’ nigga, mo’ nigga, mo’ niggas
Rather be a dead than a po’ nigga
Let the Lord judge the criminals
If I die, I wonder if Heaven got a ghetto

I wonder if Heaven got a ghetto
I wonder if Heaven got a ghetto
And I wonder if Heaven got a ghetto
I wonder if Heaven got a ghetto
I wonder if Heaven got a ghetto
I wonder if Heaven got a ghetto
I wonder if Heaven got a ghetto

Just think if niggas decide to retaliate
Soldier in the house

I wonder if Heaven got a ghetto
I wonder if Heaven got a ghetto
I wonder if Heaven got a ghetto
I wonder if Heaven got a ghetto