Soldier in the Ghetto

[00:21.51] We need a contribution
[00:23.97] To help us find a solution
[00:28.61] Barely staying alive
[00:31.02] In all this confusion
[00:36.04] I never took a cent
[00:39.05] That wasn't mine to keep
[00:42.91] Worked my fingers to the bone
[00:45.75] Dug myself in way too deep, yeah
[00:50.28] Don't define yourself by what you are
[00:54.13] Define yourself by what you love
[01:00.46] I'm a soldier in the ghetto
[01:04.05] Fighting for a few home truths
[01:07.49] I'm a soldier in the ghetto
[01:11.02] There's war in my neighborhood
[01:14.76] Hey, I shoulda known better
[01:18.07] Than to trust in the wisdom of fools
[01:21.95] I'm a soldier in the ghetto
[01:25.26] Won't somebody please call a truce?
[01:44.40] Now everything's different
[01:46.97] And nothing's really changed
[01:51.43] People trying to move on up
[01:54.20] But they just get rearranged, yeah
[01:58.87] They'll give you what you want
[02:01.65] Repossess all you own
[02:06.02] I don't know where I live
[02:09.00] But I wanna go home, yeah
[02:13.45] Don't define yourself by what you are
[02:16.62] Define yourself by what you love
[02:23.47] I'm a soldier in the ghetto
[02:26.81] Fighting for a few home truths
[02:30.66] I'm a soldier in the ghetto
[02:33.89] There's war in my neighborhood
[02:37.89] Hey, I shoulda known better
[02:41.07] Than to trust in the wisdom of fools
[02:44.90] I'm a soldier in the ghetto
[02:48.13] Won't somebody please call a truce?
[02:53.91] What it all comes down to
[02:56.91] Is you don't really care
[03:01.08] I bet you sleep like a baby
[03:04.00] While we lie awake saying our prayers (Yeah)
[03:36.55] Don't define yourself by what you are
[03:39.95] Define yourself by what you love
[03:46.65] I'm a soldier in the ghetto (Soldier in the ghetto)
[03:50.05] Fighting for a few home truths
[03:53.48] I'm a soldier in the ghetto (Soldier in the ghetto)
[03:57.02] There's war in my neighborhood
[04:00.92] Hey, I shoulda known better (Shoulda known better)
[04:04.13] Than to trust in the wisdom of fools
[04:08.08] I'm a soldier in the ghetto (Soldier in the ghetto)
[04:11.53] Won't somebody please call a truce?
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