Y'know my homey Treach from
Naughty By Nature once said
If you ain't from the ghetto
Don't COME to the f**kin ghetto
But I'ma let one of our most
Immaculate tour guides
Take us ALL through the
Ghetto - my n***a Rick James
When I was a young boy
Growin up in the ghetto
Hangin out on corners singin with the fellas
Lookin for the cute chicks
Tryin to find me big fun
Lookin for some trouble
Or anyone who'll give me some
I was young and crazy In the ghetto)
Didn't know what my life would be
In the ghetto)
I was dumb and oh so lazy
In the ghetto)
Something had a spell on me
In the ghetto)
You all know what I'm talkin 'bout
Talkin 'bout ghetto life)
Talkin 'bout ghetto life)
You all know what I'm singin 'bout
Talkin 'bout ghetto life)
Ghetto liiiiiiiiife Talkin 'bout ghetto life)
In the ghetto) Sure we be takin them chances
While we search for the answers
We be smokin them cancer sticks
Police provokin muh'f**kers we dancin
And we be dodgin them bullets
They be poppin off at us shit
But yet we always romance the street
And fall in love with the hood 'til
Somebody come blast the heat
Always up to no good so all
Of my fam could eat
See in the hood we hungry - hey n***a
We playin for keeps
My soldiers on the block get on it
It be good if you flaunt it
We will take if we wan't it
See niggaz from the ghetto got
A different state of mind
With a different kind of hustle
And we iller with the grind
And develop our muscle 'til
We sicker with the shine
In the struggle thus our
Money come quicker doin crime
I see the way we rep the hood gotta love me
You can take me out the ghetto
But you can't take it from me
Gotta love it
Talkin 'bout ghetto life)
Ghetto liiiiiiiiife Talkin 'bout ghetto life)
You all know what I'm singin 'bout
Talkin 'bout ghetto life)
Ghetto liiiiiiiiife Talkin 'bout ghetto life)
In the ghetto) That's where
We get into that street shit
Hustle hard try to get money quick
In the ghetto)
That's where I got my name from
I learned to get money and I got
All my game from In the ghetto)
That's where you eat
With a bunch of the wolves
And get to hustlin as
Hard as you could In the ghetto)
Until your cake stackin shit'll get good
Throw a block party for
The whole hood In the ghetto)
With them burnout cellys
Talk crazy sell drugs in
Front of Pancho Deli
Crackhead chicks still
Smuggle babies in they belly
And them piss in elevators 'til
The lobby all smelly In the ghetto)
That's where I keep my ratchets
Get my instincts and survival tactics
Ain't nuttin like the hood n***a I don't care
You survivin in the ghetto you
Can make it anywhere
Gotta love it
Talkin 'bout ghetto life)
Ghetto liiiiiiiiife Talkin 'bout ghetto life)
You all know what I'm singin 'bout
Talkin 'bout ghetto life)
Ghetto liiiiiiiiife Talkin 'bout ghetto life)
To my East coast niggaz - rep your ghetto
West coast niggaz - rep your ghetto
Midwest niggaz - rep your ghetto
Down South niggaz - rep your ghetto
To my East coast niggaz - rep your ghetto
West coast niggaz - rep your ghetto
Midwest niggaz - rep your ghetto
To my Dirty South niggaz - rep your ghetto
In the ghetto) Even though they act rude
You'll always find a good chick
To hold a brick for they dude
Behind the bullshit me
And my clique on the move
We honor the code of the street
And live by the rules In the ghetto)
Is where all of the hood's at
Find the most crooks
And they sell the most drugs at
Where you find beautiful women and rugrats
And some of the most powerful people
I love that
C'mon
Talkin 'bout ghetto life)
You all know what I'm talkin 'bout
Talkin 'bout ghetto life)
You all know what I'm singin 'bout
Talkin 'bout ghetto life)
Ghetto liiiiiiiiife Talkin 'bout ghetto life)
In the ghetto)
