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Used Lighters and Used Condoms

used lighters and used condoms street life oh street life we are living in the ghetto we are the victims of corruption we are the rejected stones street life oh street life we must survive you will not want to go do there yes down there called ghetto is not funny down there too many life are wasting down there too many crimes are committed down there there is no gentle ghetto in the world is always painted with a hard life oh ghetto my ghetto do you want to go down there don't be surprise when you go down there street life oh street life we are living in the ghetto we are the victims of corruption we are the rejected stones street life oh street life we must survive used lighters and used condoms we are the ones in the streets we are the forgotten Wailer's in the forgotten ghettos our life's are at a low value they say we are the providers of our own by our selves cos our government are of no use to our needs we are never remembered so our life's are used and turned away like the used condoms on our streets of grieves were the innocent light up their life to high drugs this is always common on our ghetto so is never difficult to find on so many coners of our dirty poor communities used lighters and used condoms street life oh street life we are living in the ghetto we are the victims of corruption we are the rejected stone street life oh street life we must survive used lighters and used condoms oh street life what else are we left with so many youth at home jobless so many youth are at the streets no money for school fees even when paid still schools are closed our parents are hard working yet not enough to pay our cheap bills our mother's are struggling that to no avail no wonder our ghettos are busy with crimes our young girls are used to prostitution if you care to know why the used condoms are common to find in our streets our young men are frustrated so hard drugs are never far from their fingers so at everyday gathering of the poor youths used lighters are the kick of each drug take in case you care to know why used lighters are common in our communities oh street my ghetto what else do we have street life oh street life we are living in the ghetto we are the victims of corruption we are the rejected stone street life oh street life we must survive used lighters and used condoms drug addiction is high on every ghetto prostitution is never hard to find on our ghetto's poverty bleeds this all why does this poverty exist in the first instance could be the answer that could turn our reality to our dreams if our leaders still got heart the devalued life's in our ghettos are not getting low percentage the Cry's of our raped innocent sister's bleeds too many unwanted babies roaming around dirty in the ghettos I still wish our leaders got a soul our ghettos could have been a sweet home of peace instead it bleeds to grieves and sexual abuse and this bleeds alot in our streets used lighters and used condoms street life oh street life we are living in the ghetto we are the victims of corruption we are the rejected stone street life oh street life we must survive

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