[Intro]
I can hear it, I can hear it
I can hear it, I can hear it
I can hear it, I can hear it
I can hear it, I can hear it
I can hear it, I can hear it
I can hear it, I can hear it
I can hear it, I can hear it
I can hear it, I can hear it

[Chorus 1]
Gun shot a echo
Down in the ghetto (Down, down in the ghetto)
Down in the ghetto
I can hear it, mmhm
I can hear it y’all
I can hear it, I can hear it
I can hear them echos
Gun shot a echo (Down, down in the ghetto)
Down in the ghetto
I can hear it, mmhm
I can hear it y’all
I can hear it, I can hear it

[Verse 1]
Just so you know
Mi know the youth from him little a grow
Mi tell him
Rеlax and chill man and take things slow
Mi tell him
Ain’t no need for you to buss the f4f4
Now hold tight
What you a gwaan with you Mr. Man
Put down thе Glock the nine and the M1
You got to be crazy to buss the M3
Now leave your brother laying
Man now how could this be
I know something got to be wrong
‘Cause everywhere is blam-blam, blam-blam
Gun shots a burst in the ghetto
Rapa-pam-pam, pam-pam
[Chorus 2]
Gun shot a echo
Down in the ghetto (Down, down in the ghetto)
Down in the ghetto
I can hear it, mmhm
I can hear it y’all
I can hear it, I can hear it
I can hear them echos
Gun shot a echo (Down, down in the ghetto)
Down in the ghetto
I can hear it, mmhm
I can hear it y’all
I can hear it, I can hear it

[Verse 2]
Gun shots like rain
Falling down a back lane
You see the cops they came out with their M16
And start spraying
Mama I feel your pain
But how will they explain
Things in the garrison
Yo it just ain’t the same
It’s like it’s a war campaign

[Chorus 3]
Gun shot a echo
Down in the ghetto (Down, down in the ghetto)
Down in the ghetto
I can hear it, mmhm
I can hear it y’all
I can hear it, I can hear it
I can hear them echos (Echos)
Gun shot a echo (Down, down in the ghetto)
Down in the ghetto
I can hear it, mmhm
I can hear it y’all
I can hear it, I can hear it
[Bridge]
It's such a tragedy
To all those families
Who lost someone by gun violence
So let's just have ourselves a moment of silence

[Verse 3]
Hey, this ain’t no joke or no laugh thing
These kind of things happen so often
The Glocks and nine what the youth keep barking
Them popping off without even a warning
I am asking what’s going starky
The 44 Magnum put down the 40
I’m begging please don't shoot up the party
‘Cause gun shot don't love nobody

[Chorus 4]
Gun shot a echo (Echo)
Down in the ghetto (Echo)
Down in the ghetto
I can hear it, mmhm
I can hear it y’all
I can hear it, I can hear it
I can hear them echos (Echo)
Gun shot a echo (Echo)
Down in the ghetto
I can hear it, mmhm
I can hear it y’all
I can hear it, I can hear it
[Outro]
Oh, oh, yeah
Bad boys in the streets
Rude boys and police
Fighting war for peace
Will it ever cease