The Gospel by Alicia Keys

So we all got children, products of the ghetto
Momma cooked us soup, (1)__________ 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 tenement I was listenin' to the hook
Change gon' come, the spirit of Sam Cook
When the (4)________ comin', everybody get shook
Now we doin' life like Eddie (5)____________ and Martin
On the (6)__________ gang, I was (7)______________ into the coffin

The roaches and the rats, heroin and the cracks
Couldn't (8)__________ me, I'm just (9)____________ the facts
Tryna hit the top, the (10)____________ ain't where it's at
Everybody got a past but you can (11)__________ go back

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

Tellin' you like it is, how we ever gon' live?
If we ain't gettin' money, how we feedin' the kids?
It's a revolving door, where (12)________________ be doin' bids
I know it sound wrong but the door will be (13)________ it is
Survival of the fittest, (14)________ poor (15)________ the illest
Broke parents and (16)__________ cats give me heebie-geebies
Life (17)__________ (18)________ but nothin' ever comes easy
Whatever's in the dark, can (19)____________ (20)____________ 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 (21)______________ be flyin' birds but they don't be on the roof
Poverty is a pain like you pullin' a tooth
Told the streets don't let me go like I'm Bishop in Juice

The roaches and the rats, heroin and the cracks
Couldn't blame me, I'm (22)________ giving the facts
Tryna hit the top, the bottom ain't where it's at
Everybody got a (23)________ but you can never go back

Sing
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah (yeah)

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