Chords for Prince Ital Joe Feat. Marky Mark - Life in the Streets

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[Ab] _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] I know what y'all [Bb] thinking, [Eb] that this is smoke Janet Jackson [Bb] type of shit.
But it ain't about that.
[Ab] This is the real.
Street life trauma.
[Eb] _
Ayo, I grew up rough in the streets of Boston, Massachusetts.
Lived real [Ab] ruthless.
A wild kid, out to get a [Eb] bid.
Did some shit that he never shoulda did, but he paid the price.
Lived real trife.
Ruined his life and lived by the knife.
[Ab] Had to learn the hard way, but someday [Bb] you gotta pay.
So what the hell [Eb] you say?
Life in the streets isn't easy. _ _
[Ab] All I see is [Eb] pain and misery.
And men and women pray for the future. _ _
[Ab] Strength and protection [Eb] to survive in this society.
This is life in [Bb] the streets. _ _
[Ab] _ And that's how we live [Eb] it.
[Bb] _
[Eb] _ This is life in [Bb] the streets.
That's [Ab] _ _ how we live [Bb] it. _
[Eb] _ _ _ _ Hard and mean at 16, living like a beaming fiend.
Out scheming for the [Ab] green.
Quick to kill like a seal, I make your [Eb] blood spill.
I cut your throat for your goose down coat.
Cause statistics show that kids with no dough, ain't got no chance, got nowhere to go.
[Ab] That's why life on the streets is like a trifling [Eb] beat.
It'll echo in your head until you're dead on the concrete.
Life in the streets is a mystery.
_ _ [Ab] Don't know my friends from [Eb] my enemy.
_ _ Up the ladder could be trouble.
_ [Ab] But I'll hold on tight and [Eb] I will never, never give up the fight.
This is life in [Bb] the streets.
_ _ _ [Ab] _ And that's how we live [Bb] it.
_ [Eb] _ This is life in [Bb] the streets.
Life on [Ab] the streets.
And that's how we live [Eb] it.
[Bb] [Eb] This is life in [Bb] the streets.
Life on [Ab] the streets.
And that's how we live [Eb] it.
_ This is life in [Bb] the streets.
_ _ [Ab] _ And that's how we live [Eb] it.
_ _ This is life in [Bb] the streets.
That there'll be no more homeless [Ab] people in the world.
And that's how we live [Eb] it.
[Bb] _ [Eb] This is life in [Bb] the streets.
_ _ _ [Ab] _ And that's how we live [Bb] it.
Life on the streets is [Eb] not easy.
This is life in [Bb] the streets.
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