The Gospel by Alicia Keys

So we all got children, (1)________________ of the ghetto
Momma cooked us soup, (2)__________ did the yelling
Uncle was a drunk, cousin was a felon
When he got pitched, he told them he wasn't tellin'
Auntie was a cook, her husband was a crook
Cause (3)__________ job he had (4)________ be payin' him off the books
Ghetto university, (5)__________________ is all it took
In a tenement I was listenin' to the hook
Change gon' come, the spirit of Sam Cook
When the feds comin', everybody get shook
Now we doin' life (6)________ (7)__________ (8)____________ and Martin
On the chain gang, I was (9)______________ (10)________ the coffin

The roaches and the rats, heroin and the cracks
Couldn't (11)__________ me, I'm just (12)____________ the facts
Tryna hit the top, the bottom ain't where it's at
Everybody got a past but you can never go back

Sing
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah (yeah)...

Tellin' you (13)________ it is, how we (14)________ gon' live?
If we ain't gettin' money, how we feedin' the kids?
It's a revolving door, (15)__________ brothers be doin' bids
I know it sound wrong but the door will be what it is
Survival of the fittest, this poor (16)________ the illest
Broke parents and black (17)________ give me heebie-geebies
Life seems (18)________ but nothin' ever comes easy
Whatever's in the dark, can always become the light
If you ain't in a battle, how you gon' win the fight?
Gotta speak the (19)__________ (20)________ I'm up in the booth
The streets be flyin' (21)__________ but they don't be on the roof
Poverty is a pain like you pullin' a tooth
Told the (22)______________ don't let me go (23)________ I'm Bishop in Juice

The roaches and the rats, (24)____________ and the cracks
Couldn't blame me, I'm just giving the facts
Tryna hit the top, the bottom ain't (25)__________ it's at
Everybody got a past but you can never go back

Sing
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah (yeah)

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