Ghetto of the Mind...

I catch a body at a party sort of herbal with the verbal

Look above and see the vultures fly around in a circle

Baggin' while you're lollygaggin' raggin' tow taggin'

Assassin with the millimeter roars of a dragon

Here stood the black hood thirsty for the end

And for the love of money kind of funny new friends

Public housing a thousand in a tent

So I'm forced to sell hell just to pay the rent

Killin' my own people, I put 'em out of order

Just like the liquor store scene on every corner

I'm tryin' but the kids keep cryin', and the bullets keep flyin'

Look, a boy, he's on the curb just dyin'

Finally the cops come dumb to the slum

Pull out a gun and arrest the wrong one

Wax all the Puerto Ricans and blacks

So they can never relax

I dwell, might as well learn the facts

Pete Rock and C.L. can radio a shack up

Sparkin' off and have 'em all callin' for backup

"Watch another crime and you're gonna do time"

All this you'll find in the ghettos of the mind

Ain't that somethin'?...

Listen to cats and rough rats war under the window

When the ghetto forts flarey, never was a Tom and Jerry

Livin' ain't cheap, my survival is deep

In this part of town where the city never sleep

A Barney Miller roller, you can bet the car's stolen

Or static with your BM, only when you see them

Speakin' on your baby's mom, a best for the drama

Always tryin' to make a movie, little stark-ravin' looney

Stressin' it, but you know the ghetto keep ya busy

A place that when I die it would never even miss me

Crack phials in the aisles as one