In The Ghetto

Gunshots after the ten o'clock hour
building keeps losing water & power
fighting neighbors, sirens wail
multiple people taken to jail
door to door beggars plead
expecting you to fulfill their needs
growling bellies, no food is left
dead man's apartment looted & theft
alcoholics crying out for booze
crackhead neighbors born to lose
women get beaten & children do, too
numerous pets, a malnourished zoo
hookers sell their ghastly wares
the rich walk by without a care
dead guy lying just outside
upstairs my neighbor committed suicide
dope fiends looking for a fix
offers to suck anyone's dick
mentally ill my neighbor howls
pimp is bragging he's well endowed
mice & roaches scamper around
feeding from our filth off the ground
itchy skin, bedbugs keep bitin'
crazed neighbors again are fightin'
cops are here nearly everyday
coroner was here just yesterday
life in the ghetto, everyday is rough
praying to God to take us, we've had enough
yet here we are & here we'll stay
this is our world as we know it, anyway.