I'm livin' the ghetto life and it ain't gon' change
No matter the money, no matter the fame
I'ma still ride those screws, we'll paint that coast
G's talkin' on modes with the C-H-I-P's
Group-led cable hooked up by a Doreen
Now tell me the ghetto ain't a beautiful thing
They all around the world and we all the same
The only thing is different names of slang
Yeah, dolla, I'll be drivin' hella drunk
With about two warrants, nigga rollin' in the bucket
With no insurance, make major wages
Take costly bets, get my clothes from the hoes
With the faulty checks, I said head, shoulders, knees and toes
Break bread with soldiers, G's and hoes
Real cool, street smart, with scandalous ways
I shoot the pool like a shark, so gamblin' pays, oh boy
Talkin' about ghetto life
We just hangin' out, snackin' chips, on the block, gettin' rich
Talkin' about ghetto life
Talkin' about ghetto life
That's the way we got to live, from day to day
Shoot, shoot, shoot, shoot, shoot it up in the ghetto
Shoot, shoot, shoot, shoot, shoot it up in the ghetto
Oh, get up and bang, gots to give it up and bang
Hangin' on them, wait a minute, now come, come
Duh, gotta let them know where I come from
Draggin' the ass, puttin' the ice with cash
Dig a league and raisin' the cereal, typical typecast
A self-made scrillionaire, with a gang of jangles and street carols
Look, I live for the gals
Straight out the land of the scandals
Empty bag, G's, colored balloons and syringes
Laid out in the eyes of the public
Some contribute, some say * it
No matter what, it's the ghetto and I'ma always love it
We together through it all, from the rise and the fall
And I'm gon' always stand tall, hope my homeboys all
Have seen it all through the eyes of a beholder
This is what we all call the ghetto
Plus it breeds young soldiers
Talkin' bout ghetto life
We just hangin' out, stackin' chips
On the block, gettin' rich
Talkin' bout ghetto life
Talkin' bout ghetto life
That's the way we got to live, from day to day
Ghetto land is the place where we fall
Ghetto land is the place where we fall
Just gotta let it go
Let us say I've been approved for Section 8
My rent's $50 and you know it's still late
Generic groceries I buy cause that's all I know
Ain't no stove top stuffin', it's leftover gumbo
The phone company trippin', I missed a payment on my extension
Can't call my mama cause they got me on restriction
What do you need? TVs, DVDs? Let's break bread
Ain't got enough, I'll take food stamps and see
Born in the ghetto, raised in the ghetto
Chuck Taylor's on my six-fold pedal
Strictly a G
With the definition of the world
Get a whip and see a picture of me
Dwayne Blayden, love swingin'
Sackin' in my Levi's
Five
CWT crying
Wait until I die, I'mma spit it
Cause without the ghetto wouldn't be no me
And I'mma never forget it, Nia
Talkin' bout ghetto life
We just hangin' out
Stackin' chips
On the block
Gettin' rich
Talkin' bout ghetto life
Talkin' bout ghetto life
That's the way we got to live
From day to day
Shoot, shoot, shoot, shoot
Shoot it up
When you got it
Shoot, shoot, shoot, shoot
Shoot it up
when you got it
ghetto life
is the place where we fall
ghetto life
is the place where we fall
ghetto life
is the place where we fall
We do a dig on the west side
in the ghetto
And everybody wildin' on the east coast
In the ghetto
I can't forget about my players in the Midwest and all my little homies in the
dirty South y'all know what we talking about.