DESCRIPTION:
Artist: Emmanuel Jal
Album: See Me Mama
Track: 2 - Ghetto

About Emmanuel Jal:
In the war-torn region of Southern Sudan, Emmanuel Jal was born into the life of a child solider on an unknown date in the early 1980s. Through unbelievable struggles, Emmanuel managed to survive and emerge as a recording artist, achieving worldwide acclaim for his unique style of hip hop with its message of peace and reconciliation born out of his personal experiences.

Emmanuel is currently touring around the world; performing and sharing his experiences and personal message for peace in a quest to boost social and emotional learning amongst young people as they become active global citizens.

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Lyrics
Intro
Ah grandma use to make Alcohol and that's how we get our meals
Some times she get beaten by the police and put in jail
Warchild Emmanuel Jal, Roachie in the mix, Silvastone
Chorus
I'm from the ghetto ghetto ghetto oh oh
different kind of ghetto ghetto ghetto eh ehe X2
V1
In the back of the house just behind the wall
grandma used to make alcohol she was like the old woman who used to live in the shoe
she did what she had to do she was the first gangster the first one I knew first thug
first hustler she lead the crew police used to beat her bad and lock her up in the jail
aunties brings the ram to pay bribe and bail make her promise that she will never ever do it again
that's the only way she knew how to make a living that's the first touch of
the first touch I see of the ghetto life and the life to live i leave
CH


V2
I take time to reflect on the reason of crime
What made my grandma to go sell moon shine
What make a woman in a ghetto sell a body for fun
Young man selling crack taking lives with guns
Its not a choice so it gat to be the circumstance
Minimum options she gat to play that hand
We need to shuffle up the deck coz the cards are fixed
New game coz the dealer is up to his old tricks

CH

V3
Ghetto people knows how to improvise
Never ever back down no matter the size
At the bottom the pile still looking high
Big dreams big things from the dust we rise
Like the sun in morning you know we gown shine
Illuminate the whole world changing hearts and minds
Pick the lock if nobody wanna opening the door
Once we in you can't shut us out no more

Bridge
Different kind of different kind of
From the ghetto the ghetto ghetto x 2
Ghetto London America Jamaica keep the fire burning

CH x2

Chorus and chant
Kesho sama keho sama kesho sama leo mia love x 4
Ghetto Africa ah ghetto Africa ah ghetto Africa and Caribbean and America doni London X2
Ghetto Africa keep keep the fire burning