The Gospel by Alicia Keys

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

The roaches and the rats, heroin and the cracks
Couldn't blame me, I'm (10)________ giving 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 (11)________ it is, how we (12)________ gon' live?
If we ain't gettin' money, how we feedin' the kids?
It's a revolving door, (13)__________ (14)________________ be doin' bids
I know it (15)__________ 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 (18)__________ hard 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 truth when I'm up in the booth
The streets be flyin' (19)__________ but they don't be on the roof
Poverty is a pain (20)________ you pullin' a tooth
Told the (21)______________ don't let me go (22)________ I'm Bishop in Juice

The roaches and the rats, heroin and the cracks
Couldn't (23)__________ me, I'm just (24)____________ the facts
Tryna hit the top, the bottom ain't where it's at
Everybody got a past but you can (25)__________ go back

Sing
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah (yeah)

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