Born In The Ghetto
Stone cold
Born in the ghetto
Lookin' for a better life
Than she knows

She’s gotta pray to find a way
To try to finish what she started
So she won't end up like her mother
Sad and broken-hearted
And everyday she's gotta pray
For another path to follow
Because another day in the place
Would be too hard to swallow

Seems like she knows what becomes of the girls
That never get far away from the neighborhood
She wants to know about so much more than she’s
Ever been exposed to

Stone cold
Born in the ghetto
Lookin' for a better life
Than she knows
She wants to be set free
From the life that she's been given
So she has to work twice as hard
That's why the girl is driven
And all that she wants to be
Is something more than what's expected
So she reaches deep down inside
To where her self respect is

Seems like she knows what becomes of the girls
That never get far away from the neighborhood
She wants to know about so much more than she's
Ever been exposed to

Stone cold
Born in the ghetto
Lookin' for a better life
Than she knows

She's looking for a better life
Than she’s ever been
Ever been exposed to

Everyday, everyday, everyday
She’s looking for a better way
Gonna make it 'cause she always says
"Hopeless is a mental thang
Gotta get mine, gotta get mine
Gotta try, try to find a better life
Gotta get mine
Gotta get a better life, life"