Hook: The sun don’t shine in the ghetto/ But we still shine/ Find a way to survive/ Because we still gotta eat(x2)/ The sun don’t shine in the ghetto
Verse1: Surrounded by delinquents and misfits/ He was blessed with a gift/ Tryna fight temptation/ Of slanging, hanging, and banging on the block/ Gripping a 40 sipping a 40 with a bundle full of rocks/ He had a wicked jump shot/ Attracted numerous scouts/ But little did they know what was going on in his house/ His momma can’t keep men coming from in and out/ And his daddy a O.G. dope fiend that’s smoked out/ Make him want to better himself everyday he workout/ Staying positive instead of taking the negative route/ Knowing that he could do it when everybody else doubt/ Messed around and got a scholarship at Georgetown/ Growing up in the ghetto that’s how it be/ All you need is a dream/ Believe and achieve/ Understand what I mean/ Turn on ya high beams/ Cause the sun don’t shine in the ghetto
Hook: The sun don’t shine in the ghetto/ But we still shine/ Find a way to survive/ Because we still gotta eat(x2)/ The sun don’t shine in the ghetto
Verse2: Street drama and baby momma’s/ Making times harder/ For a struggling father/ To see his daughter/ Grow up and teach her/ Nothing that will harm her/ Since he was a player/ He feel he’ll be facing karma/ During separation he’d drown his sorrows in a bottle/ Tryna take away the pain but the hurt seem to follow/ Never expected what was in store for tomorrow/ His baby girl got older and turned into a super model/ Traveling the world/ With exotic beautiful girls/ Getting paid top dollar rocking diamonds and pearls/ Shoe game sick take a pick it will make you hurl/ The sexiest with her make up done and her hair curled/ Growing up in the ghetto that’s how it be/ All you need is a dream/ Believe and achieve/ Understand what I mean/ Turn on ya high beams/ Cause the sun don’t shine in the ghetto
Hook: The sun don’t shine in the ghetto/ But we still shine/ Find a way to survive/ Because we still gotta eat(x2)/ The sun don’t shine in the ghetto