Thangz Changed - Onyx

[Fredro Starr] 
A lot of things have changed since I grown up 
Half my brothaz got locked  half got blown UP! 
From playin' '2 hands touch'and the games in the street 
But the games ain't the same  now we playin' with heat 
SEE THIS DANGER! In my building  they're rollin' dice there 
Ain't nuthin' nice there  who dare with ice there?! 
My hallway ain't right  wrong way to the thugs in the doorway 
Peace  kid I'm out, NO DOUBT! We just hangin' on the corner 
Puffin' trees as tryin' to stay warm, sippin' ??? Jezus! 
Problems after problem, it keeps involvin' 
They got us starvin', that's why we out rottin' 
(Knah'm sayin'?) 
These days I can't remember like the 6th of December 
I think it was September nah, maybe it was November (what?!) 
This kid got rocked, just was steppin' on some sneakers 
Heard from Tamica, he's gettin' buried in a speaker 
Cuz his mom's was on that *inhaling*, gettin' laced 
She got SMOKIN' IT! She took one bad hit 

[CHORUS] 
Aiyyo (YO!), you can't escape the ghetto 
Hell no, it's everywhere you go 
Aiyyo (YO!), you can't escape the ghetto 
Hell no, it's everywhere you go 
Aiyyo (YO!), you can't escape the ghetto 
Hell no, it's everywhere you go 
Aiyyo (YO YO!), you can't escape the ghetto 
Hell no, it's everywhere you go 

[Sonsee] 
I'm not your rolemodel, I drink the whole bottle 
Dont' follow nobody, cuz you'll never know tomorrow 
Just look around, EVERYWHERE!, it's dispersed 
It ain't no care, hate, and good times is rare 
Or seldom last long, they always fade it 
With my fam is dyin' over money and gettin' incarcerated 
Yeah! Just to be as patistic, it's sadistic 
Too realistic, we doin' this QUIK! 
The other night kids got bad, got 'em kids build intend 
They caught a law's news spread(?) 
Last week they was blazin' on the corner, bullets ricochet 
It's somebody's baby, had they kid maybe dead 
They sold it from the ???, they say delease 
Livin' in the ghetto...rest in peace 

Hates where I'm from, the good tie up 
The sky is grey, we never see sun 
The ghetto-life is: 'live and let live' 
All the day to day 

[Sticky Fingaz] 
It all began when Shorty rocked, took the law in his own hand 
Sick of seein' his mom's gettin' beat up by his old man 
So he did what any kid would've done 
Went into the closet, got his pop's gun 
Who need enemy when you got family? 
It's hard to get a job when you look like me (WORD UP!) 
See people don't just rob cuz they all unemployment 
Some do it for the pure satisfaction enjoyment 
Brrrr, it's cold, this world is freezin' 
Folks get murdered over no-pair raisin'(NO!) 
Packin' they backs, talkin' 'bout they leavin' 
But where ya gonna go? You can't escape THE GHETTO! 
You see more when you HIGH, even less when you LOW 
You can't run from your own ??? home 

[CHORUS]