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2 Roads Out the Ghetto Lyrics by Nightbreed

Long Time Coming (1998 Unreleased Album)

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[Hook: K.A. the Verbal Shogun]
There’s two roads out the ghetto: success or death
Time to choose, decide then move, penals or schools
Paths get ended, never win then soar to the top
NBs was raw from the drop
Two roads out the ghetto: success or death
Time to choose, decide then move, penals or schools
Paths get ended, never win then soar to the top
NBs was raw from the drop

[Verse 1: K.A. the Verbal Shogun]
It’s all about getting over
‘Til I’m sitting with Jehovah
Whether sipping or sober, slipping cobra to some chick in a Rover
My spot here’s confusing
Got to be a plot to keep me losing
No way I fail in everything I’m doing
Point no fingers, just want to know the answers
Started doing dirt to help moms with money when pops had cancer
That’s the beginning, stealing was surviving, not sinning
Blowing cash, growing fast, left no time for grinning
Never ending, more static at the crib site
Parents had problems with neighbors, so now me and their kids fight
Through my teens, didn’t sleep a wink
Only rest between the blink
Every act was impulse, never stopped to think
Affected lives in ways that was negative
My payback is teaching shorties lessons schools’ll never give
If you wilding, a bullet might be your sedative
Hope the fear make ‘em better kids
‘Cause the gauge’ll make ‘em need a new set of ribs
I’ll plant seeds and let it live
That’s how it is, that’s how it is

[Hook: K.A. the Verbal Shogun]
There’s two roads out the ghetto: success or death
Time to choose, decide then move, penals or schools
Paths get ended, never win then soar to the top
NBs was raw from the drop

[Verse 2: Oddbrawl the Lyrical Juggernaut (AKA Kev)]
Until death do me ugly, keep someone lovely
Slim, pretty to hug me, sipping on bubbly
Middle finger for those quickly to judge me, not knowing
Thrown in the slums, ‘caine, K forced to grow in
Refuse to be them kids on the corner, now old men
Broken without a dime, just a fifth on they mind
Chasing they prime, “how did we get caught in this bind?””
Old cat asking an old cat suspended in time, zone
Can’t stand on his own, stoned from the sipping
No desire or drive ‘cause he’s no longer driven
How many miles do you expect from a lemon?
What sense does it make to be alive if you ain’t living?
So I’m watching to learn, keep the Glock tucked firm
Jumped out of turn, got popped in the stern’
Watching ‘em squirm a lot like a worm
Shoulda listened to pop when he said it was hot and it burned
Hard heads make it soft fast
Your jaw made of pure glass, so I think you better haul ass
Ain’t no reason to grin, being poor’s a reason to sin
Squeezing the pen ‘til my daughter got unbelievable ends
Now I’m ready for death, pick a place: head or the chest
Last request, before you lay me to rest
Give the Most High my soul, Devil the flesh
Give the Most High my soul, Devil the flesh

[Hook: K.A. the Verbal Shogun]
There’s two roads out the ghetto: success or death
Time to choose, decide then move, penals or schools
Paths get ended, never win then soar to the top
NBs was raw from the drop
There’s two roads out the ghetto: success or death
Time to choose, decide then move, penals or schools
Paths get ended, never win then soar to the top
NBs was raw from the drop
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Nightbreed

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"2 Roads Out the Ghetto" appears on "Long Time Coming (1998 Unreleased Album)".

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