We need a contribution
To help us find a solution
Barely staying alive
In all this confusion
I never took a cent

That wasn´t mine to keep
Worked my fingers to the bone
Dug myself in way too deep yeah

Don´t define yourself by what you are
Define yourself by what you love

I´m a soldier in the ghetto
Fighting for a few home truths
I´m a soldier in the ghetto
There´s war in my neighborhood
Hey I should have known better
Than to trust in the wisdom of fools
I´m a soldier in the ghetto
Won´t somebody please call a truce

Now everything´s different
And nothing´s really changed

People trying to move on up
But they just get rearranged yeah
They´ll give you what you want
Repossess all you own
I don´t know where I live
But I wanna go home yeah

Don´t define yourself by what you are
Define yourself by what you love

I´m a soldier in the ghetto
Fighting for a few home truths
I´m a soldier in the ghetto
There´s war in my neighborhood
Hey I should have known better
Than to trust in the wisdom of fools
I´m a soldier in the ghetto
Won´t somebody please call a truce

What it all comes down to
Is you don´t really care
I bet you sleep like a baby
While we lie awake saying our prayers

Don´t define yourself by what you are
Define yourself by what you love

I´m a soldier in the ghetto
Fighting for a few home truths
I´m a soldier in the ghetto
There´s war in my neighborhood
Hey I should have known better
Than to trust in the wisdom of fools
I´m a soldier in the ghetto
Won´t somebody please call a truce

I´m a soldier in the ghetto
I´m a soldier in the ghetto
I´m a soldier in the ghetto