V 1.
Children of the Ghetto flippin' on a mattress
Children of the Ghetto sleepin' in a casket
Children of the Ghetto thrown in a basket
Children of the Ghetto ya'll are the masses
Children of the Ghetto don't worry bout yo blackness
You speak the way you speak lil' ghetto child that's yo accent
Children of the Ghetto you are the future
Used to be 3/5 now ghetto child you a ruler
Might need that .45 might even need that Ruger
But every ghetto child ain't gotta' be a shooter
Children of the Ghetto we may need a better residence
I guess it ain't gon' matter if they don't treat US like a resident
The Ghetto get arrested never served and protected
Children of the Ghetto need love and affection
Children of the Ghetto don't be scared to be naked
It might sound strange but give it a second
Children of the Ghetto love material possessions
My sister drive Toyota but my niece named Lexus
Children of the Ghetto ya'll all so precious
I just hope that you can see it when you look at yo' reflection
We Ghetto

Chorus
Father don't forsake your only child
Life up in this ghetto can get wild
All this darkness makes it hard to smile
Why then do this world wanna' put US down?
I don't know if I'm gon' make it out
I hope my life makes my Father proud
They may even say they held US down
But they can't never ever count US out

KORNERSTONE
Soles dirty from roaming the surface
With no purpose the earth worsens
I believe in curses
And it's urgent that we do reverse it
Or do what we can to be of service
Two worlds one universe
A thousand hoods a million eulogies
Sometimes I close my eyes and play make believe
See order restored GOD at the core
Open em' to find them same babies at the cornerstore
Faulty foundations and cornerstones got US moving wrong
Not to mention we living wrong
We off, Let's Get it On like Marvin song
Sorry, I ain't got no party songs
But I'm the closest you gon' get to 3000
Spent my adolescence studying people from public housing
Outside, sitting on couches
Now I move with the faith that could move a mountain
This the flow from a youthful fountain
It's the truth that's why they gather 'round it
Before I return to the dirt I'll be well grounded
I think we found it