Tomiko Leatrice Dixon - Living in the Hood Lyrics

OH, OH, OH.

In the hood
Hear our cry.
Tonight
Don't let another one of my brothers die (NO)
In the hood we need help
Got women & children without husband & fathers & some of us don't love ourselves
Only in the hood I can't deny
Two broke as a couple surviving by love
& won't let it Die.
& the kids they might not grow
It's babies having babies lost in this world with nowhere to go.
We got pedophiles stalking the high schools little girls doing strange things for change.
It's hard to keep things right when you're trying to stay alive.
BECAUSE THIS SHIT OUT HERE AIN'T NO JOKE.
I KNOW YOU HEAR THE OUT CRIES THAT'S COMING FROM THE HOOD
In the hood
In the hood hear the cries, tonight don't let another one of my brothers die. NO
In the hood.
In the hood it ain't good.
It's so tough not enough that's what's up in my hood.
In the hood.
In the hood hear the cries. Struggling everyday just trying to get by.
It ain't a lot but it's all we got.
We're Ducking & dogging shots in this hood.
I'm In The Hood
I""M LIVING IN I'M LIVING THE HOOD (OOOO OOOO)

We got people getting murdered
& nigga's getting shot .
It's so hard to live out here
Just not safe to walk the block. NO
They say that it's crazy.
I see the reason why.
Most of us live & breath just keeping hope alive.
But we shall over come gotta make it out this hood.
Giving back to all my peeps to show you how it's done.
They say the hood is bad especially where I live.
But that's where I come from and now I finally understand.
Why the situation is this way.
I'll never forget where I come from the hood remains in me.
We didn't ask to be here.
Believe it or not. Everybody say it ain't much, but for now it's all we got.
IT'S THE HOOD

In the hood .
In the hood hear the cries, tonight don't let another one of my brothers die. NO
In the hood.
In the hood it ain't good. It's so tough not enough that's what's up in the hood.
In the hood.
In the hood hear the cries. Struggling everyday just trying to get by.
It ain't a lot but it's all we got. Ducking & dogging
Shots in this hood.

Mmmm mmm mmm mmm
I gotta make it out this hood y'all
They coming for change, Well the rest of our change anyway
In the Hood hear the cries don't let another one of my brothers die (no no no )