The Get Out of the Ghetto Blues

What we want to discuss here
 Are routes out of the ghetto
 This is called
 The "Get Out of the Ghetto" blues
 I know you think you're cool
 Lord, if they bus your kids to school
 I know you think you're cool
 Just 'cause they bus your kids to school
 But you ain't got a thing to lose
 You just got the get out of the ghetto blues
 I know you think you're cool
 If you're gettin' two welfare checks
 You done told me you think you're cool
 Because you're gettin' two welfare checks
 Yea, but you got ten years to lose (if they catch you)
 Just tryin' to fight that get out of the ghetto blues
 What it is, what it is
 I know
 Whoo!
 If he don't catch you in the wash
 Lord knows, he'll catch you in the rinse
 I know, I know you think you're cool
 Just 'cause you shooting that stuff in your arm
 I seen you nodding
 'Cause you shoot that stuff in your arm
 And it don't matter which pine box you choose
 You got the get out of the ghetto blues
 Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah