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Ghetto Babies Rap their Own Lullabies


Ghetto babies rap their own lullabies because mommy just can't seem to hush their screeching cries For the love that lies within the cracks of her arms that enjoy being kissed by the needle of her one true love Her veins were making love with a loaded gun and she blacks out after playing Russian roulette with her unborn now dead son Making and baking for feeding the craving of a fiend with babies while her oldest Lies on her bed aching because mama got a free fix  so baby girl ended paying for it because nothing in this would comes free Crying and begging on her knees for a mercy that he just didn't possess So now she's left screaming while he violates her happiness Ghetto babies rap their own lullabies beacuse at night they have to hush their own cries hush little baby don't say a word soon you can fly high with the birds and the words you have to sing at night to hush your little baby cries Will lie in a story mixed with lies because no one would believe that this is what you survived So, people who weren't there change events and times to make realistic what was seen with real eyes And this is why ghetto babies rap their own lullabies
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