[Intro: Common]
Yeah
God bless
Let the spirit fall fresh
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Feel good, y'all
Hah
Yeah, keep on, yo
[Verse 1: Common]
Search for love throughout the ghetto
Young girls thick, righteousness narrow
I got my third eye on the sparrow
Want my peoples straight and to rock sweet apparel
The mother of my child, we not together
Baby, it's the back I got forever
The weather talks to us
Henrock, the Holy Spirit walks through us
Blunted eyes of the youth search for a guide
A thug is a lost man in disguise
The rise and fall of a nation
Even when the buildings tumble, I still stand tall
I walk through the valley with a life preserver
Feelin' at times that I might just murder
Yo, that ain't what I was sent for
I want folks to say, "His life, it meant more"
Than any car, any rock, or any broad
He found ghetto heaven in himself and God
Found ghetto heaven in himself and God
Found ghetto heaven in himself and God
[Chorus]
Ghetto heaven
Need a little ghetto heaven
Ghetto heaven
Time we got some ghetto heaven
Ghetto heaven
Time we got some ghetto heaven
Ghetto
[Verse 2: Common]
Love, your happiness don't begin with a man
Strong woman, why should you depend on a man?
I understand you want a man that's resourceful
If he pay your bills, he feel like he bought you
Talking to a friend about what love is
Her man didn't love her 'cause he didn't love his
Hugged her from afar, said what I felt
Never find a man 'til you find yourself
Time helps mistakes you can learn from
One man F'd up, men, you shouldn't turn from
Want a certain type of guy, gotta reach a certain point too
At that destination, a king will anoint you
Going through the storm, anybody seem warm
That relationship died for you to be born, you're worth more
Than anything you could cop at a store
For you to grow, he had to go, so what you stoppin' him for?
Not even I could ignore bein' alone is hard
Find heaven in yourself and God
Find heaven in yourself and God, girl
Find heaven in yourself and God
[Chorus]
Ghetto heaven
Need a little ghetto heaven
Ghetto heaven
Time we got some ghetto heaven
Ghetto
[Verse 3: Common]
This music is so much bigger than me
As far as happy, it's like a trigger to me
Dealin' with crab rappers, groupie broads
Record execs, at times, it do be hard
To choose words, be heard across waters
Doin' something you like to support daughters
Keepin' your guys from collectin' court orders
Conveyin' messages the ancestor brought us
Thought of things to say to become the in thing for the day
Somehow, that didn't seem the way for me to make it
Music is a gift that is sacred
I opened it and used it hopin' you could grow to it
Whether servant or a surgeon, you gon' go through it
Can't imagine going through it without soul music
It's like Donnie Hath' helped me see Lonnie's path
On my behalf, let's take whole steps towards hotep
And show depth as we make people nod
Find heaven in this music and God, yeah
Find heaven in this music and God, y'all
Find heaven in this music and God, it's ghetto heaven, baby
[Chorus]
Ghetto heaven
Need a little ghetto heaven
Ghetto heaven
Time we got some ghetto heaven
Ghetto heaven
Time we got some ghetto heaven
Ghetto heaven
Need a little ghetto heaven
Ghetto heaven
Time we got some ghetto heaven
Ghetto