busta rhymes
in the ghetto
Why know, my homey Treach from Naughty by Nature once said  "If you ain't from the ghetto, don't come to the fuckin' ghetto"  But I'mma let one of our most immaculate tour guides take us all through the ghetto,  My nigga' Rick James  When I was a young boy, growin' up in the ghetto Hanging out on corners, singin' with the fellas Lookin' for the cute chicks, tryin' to find me 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 life (talkin' 'bout ghetoo life)  (In the ghetto) Sure we be takin' them chances While we search for the answers we be smokin' them cancer sticks Police provokin' motherfuckers, 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 nigga we playin' for keeps My soldiers on the block get on it It be good if you flaunt it, we will take if we want it See nigggas 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  [Chorus] (Talkin' 'bout ghetto life) Ghetto life (talkin' 'bout ghetto life) You all know what I'm singin' 'bout (talkin' bout ghetto life) Ghetto life (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 all got my name 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 burn out cellys Talk crazy, sell drugs in front of Pancho Deli Crackhead chicks still smuggle babies in they belly And they pis sin elevators 'til the lobby all smelly (in the ghetto) That's where I keep my ratchets Get my instincts and survival tactics Ain't nothin' like a hood nigga, I don't care You survivin' in the ghetto, you can make it anywhere Gotta love it  [Chorus]  To my east coast niggas', rep yo' ghetto West coast niggas', rep yo ghetto Midwest niggas', rep yo' ghetto Down south niggas', rep yo' ghetto To my east coast niggas', rep yo' ghetto West coast niggas', rep yo' ghetto Midwest niggas', rep yo' ghetto Down south niggas', rep yo' ghetto  (In the ghetto) even though they act rude You'll always find a good hick 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) (Talkin' 'bout ghetto life) You all know what I'm singin' 'bout (talkin' 'bout ghetto life" Ghetto life (talkin' 'bout ghetto life) (In the ghetto)  "Never mind who you thought I was, I'm Rick James, bitch!"   "Cocaine is a hell of a drug"