I Wonder If Heaven Got A Ghetto – English Lyrics

• By: 2Pac

Lyrics & Translation

Explore the powerful lyrics and social commentary of 2Pac's "I Wonder If Heaven Got A Ghetto." This song provides a profound look into the challenges of racial inequality and the realities of life in the ghetto, offering a unique opportunity to understand the social issues that shaped 2Pac's music and continue to resonate today.

[English]

(helicopter blades)

- [Helicopter radio] Rap star and actor Tupac Shakur

received multiple gunshot wounds in a drive by shooting

(heavy breathing)

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♪ Ooh ♪

♪ I wonder if Heaven got a ghetto ♪

♪ Ooh ♪

♪ I wonder if Heaven got a ghetto ♪

♪ Ooh ♪

♪ I wonder if Heaven got a ghetto ♪

♪ Ooh ♪

♪ I wonder if Heaven got a ghetto ♪

♪ I was raised, the little young doin' bad ♪

♪ Talk much, 'cause I never had ♪

♪ I could remember being whupped in class ♪

♪ And if I didn't pass, mama whupped my ♪

♪ Was it my fault, papa didn't plan it out ♪

♪ Broke out left me to be the man of the house ♪

♪ I couldn't take it, had to make a profit ♪

♪ Down the block, got a and I clock grips ♪

♪ Making' G's was my mission ♪

♪ Moving enough of this to get my mama out the kitchen ♪

♪ And why must I sock a fella ♪

♪ Just to live large like Rockefeller ♪

♪ First you didn't give a damn but you're learnin' now ♪

♪ If you don't respect the town then we'll burn you down ♪

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♪ Black people on the way so don't try it ♪

♪ If you're not from the town then don't pass through ♪

♪ 'Cause some O.G. fools might blast you ♪

♪ It ain't right but it's long overdue ♪

♪ We can't have peace till the G's get a piece too ♪

♪ I want G's so you label me a criminal ♪

♪ And if I die, I wonder if Heaven got a ghetto ♪

♪ Ooh ♪

♪ I wonder if Heaven got a ghetto ♪

♪ Ooh ♪

♪ I wonder if Heaven got a ghetto ♪

♪ Ooh ♪

♪ I wonder if Heaven got a ghetto ♪

♪ Ooh ♪

♪ I wonder if Heaven got a ghetto ♪

♪ Here on Earth, tell me what's a black life worth ♪

♪ A bottle of juice is no excuse, the truth hurts ♪

♪ And even when you take it ♪

♪ Move counties, get a lawyer, you can shake it ♪

♪ Ask Rodney, LaTasha, and many more ♪

♪ It's been goin' on for years, there's plenty more ♪

♪ When they ask me, when will the violence cease? ♪

♪ When your troops stop shootin' G's down in the street ♪

♪ We've had enough time to make a difference ♪

♪ Bear witness, own our own business ♪

♪ Word to God, 'cause it's hard tryin' to make ends meet ♪

♪ First we couldn't afford ♪

♪ Now everything's free so we loot ♪

♪ Please don't shoot when you see ♪

♪ I'm takin' from them ♪

♪ 'cause for years they would take from me ♪

♪ Now the tables have turned around ♪

♪ You didn't listen, until the burned it down ♪

♪ And now Bush can't stop the hit ♪

♪ I predicted this, in 2Pacalypse ♪

♪ And for once I was down with, it felt good ♪

♪ In the hood bein' around yeah ♪

♪ And for the first time everybody let go ♪

♪ And the streets was death row ♪

♪ I wonder if Heaven got a ghetto ♪

- Hey Pac, how's it going?

♪ I wonder if Heaven got a ghetto ♪

♪ Ooh ♪

♪ I wonder if Heaven got a ghetto ♪

♪ Ooh ♪

♪ I wonder if Heaven got a ghetto ♪

♪ Ooh ♪

♪ I wonder if Heaven got a ghetto ♪

♪ I see no changes, all I see is racist faces ♪

♪ Misplaced hate makes disgrace to races ♪

♪ We under, I wonder what it take to make this ♪

♪ One better place, let's erase the wait state ♪

♪ Take the evil out the people, they'll be acting right ♪

♪ 'Cause both black and white are tonight ♪

♪ And only time we deal is when we kill each other ♪

♪ It takes skill to be real, time to heal each other ♪

♪ And though it seems Heaven-sent ♪

♪ We ain't ready to have a black President, huh ♪

♪ It ain't a secret don't conceal the fact ♪

♪ The penitentiary's packed and it's filled with blacks ♪

♪ I wake up in the morning and I ask myself ♪

♪ Is life worth living, should I myself ♪

♪ I'm tired of being poor and even worse I'm black ♪

♪ My stomach hurts so I'm lookin' for a purse to snatch ♪

♪ Cops give a damn about a negro ♪

♪ Pull a trigger, kill a G, he's a hero ♪

♪ Mo' G, mo' G, mo' G's ♪

♪ I'd rather be dead than a po' G ♪

♪ Let the Lord judge the criminals ♪

♪ If I die, I wonder if Heaven got a ghetto ♪

♪ Ooh ♪

♪ I wonder if Heaven got a ghetto ♪

♪ Ooh ♪

♪ I wonder if Heaven got a ghetto ♪

♪ Ooh ♪

♪ And I wonder if Heaven got a ghetto ♪

♪ Ooh ♪

♪ I wonder if Heaven got a ghetto ♪

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♪ I wonder if Heaven got a ghetto ♪

♪ Ooh ♪

♪ I wonder if Heaven got a ghetto ♪

♪ Ooh ♪

♪ I wonder if Heaven got a ghetto ♪

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♪ I wonder if Heaven got a ghetto ♪

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♪ I wonder if Heaven got a ghetto ♪

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♪ I wonder if Heaven got a ghetto ♪

(heart beating)

Key Grammar Structures

• I wonder if Heaven got a ghetto

  ➔ Present Simple with 'if'

  ➔ The phrase uses the present simple tense with 'if' to express a hypothetical situation or a recurring thought.

• I was raised, the little young doin' bad

  ➔ Past Simple Passive

  ➔ The sentence uses the past simple passive to describe an action done to the subject ('I was raised').

• If you don't respect the town then we'll burn you down

  ➔ First Conditional

  ➔ This is an example of the first conditional, used to talk about a likely future result if a certain condition is met.

• We can't have peace till the G's get a piece too

  ➔ Present Simple with 'till'

  ➔ The sentence uses 'till' to indicate a condition that must be met before the main action can occur.

• If you're not from the town then don't pass through

  ➔ Second Conditional

  ➔ This is an example of the second conditional, used to talk about hypothetical or unlikely situations.

• It takes skill to be real, time to heal each other

  ➔ Present Simple with 'takes'

  ➔ The sentence uses 'takes' in the present simple to express a general truth or a habitual action.

• And though it seems Heaven-sent

  ➔ Concession with 'though'

  ➔ The phrase uses 'though' to introduce a contrasting idea despite the previous statement.

• I'd rather be dead than a po' G

  ➔ Preference with 'rather'

  ➔ The sentence expresses a preference using 'rather' to compare two undesirable options.