Been here been real   Still clear south west   And you wanna do somethin' with it?   And you wanna do somethin' with it?      Now from that ghetto, ghetto, ghetto, ghetto, ghetto   Got one foot in, one foot out   Of the ghetto, ghetto, ghetto, ghetto, ghetto   That's why I know the things I know      In the ghetto, ghetto, ghetto, ghetto, ghetto   And some of my friends done died befo'   In the ghetto, ghetto, ghetto, ghetto, ghetto   That's why I can't seem to let go of the ghetto      How do you feel when you judge quick?   And you all up in my face and I ain't even spit   Just like them folk that say they know me from my old days   I know you wonderin' about my spirit and my old ways      You hearin' me spittin' the piece of mind, got you froze in time   Playin' catch up with yourself I'm on another level   And you can say I'm dead wrong   Even if you stay home      They gotta fight because you livin' in a war zone head strong   Can't leave it 'lone till they get and they gone   So now I'm stylin', my momma 'bout to travelin'   He be hangin' with them monsters and he smilin'      And my babies' coughin', thinkin' they have TB   And they neva call him daily in that wee wee   So what I find is to eliminate the problem   Befo' they cause problems, befo' we have problems      'Cause you thought you had it sewed up   Until that green house grew all of a sudden   Sho' nuff, it showed up   Now you didn't know he had it in him the venom      It fits the test and I'm gon win him   Then the ride, can't be cryin' got it steady now   You need to find out, there ain't no time outs   You can't sign out, better than whine out      Don't drop the gun 'cause the street is gettin' packed now   Just let cones bang the ground, don't you back down   For it's the fate, that brought you to this place now   So let it guide you and take you to that touch down   And stay ground, so that you can stay proud   'Cause one in, and one quick      Now from that ghetto, ghetto, ghetto, ghetto, ghetto   Got one foot in, one foot out   Of the ghetto, ghetto, ghetto, ghetto, ghetto   That's why I know the things I know      In the ghetto, ghetto, ghetto, ghetto, ghetto   And some of my friends done died befo'   In the ghetto, ghetto, ghetto, ghetto, ghetto   That's why I can't seem to let go of the ghetto      I got these jokers with their eyes red   Drinkin' too much, got dead   I make you shout it if you's in the 'burbs   Herbs beware      It's from the one that data compare   Logistic, chicken biscuit   This winter, he will forget the cold through a song   And my party wrong and my weak is strong      Just kept his back turned, yearned   For destruction bustin' microphones   Blessed the unprotected soul   Lettin' go, call him too much      Will get you off for sure   Watch [Incomprehensible] top plate   What's gon' save you from the hands of why   When them guys gone and you bet home in the ghetto      They trappin' him off within then   Look at the fonky red'ead   Done flipped them all as dead   Paint wet, now I'm set      Fight the shit, watch it hit   Block lot neighborhood charcoals   And that old mark O?   After dawn, on the porch      Got gone, mind blown   Fashioned like   Niggas sold, new or old   It's gettin' sold in the ghetto      Now from that ghetto, ghetto, ghetto, ghetto, ghetto   Got one foot in, one foot out   Of the ghetto, ghetto, ghetto, ghetto, ghetto   That's why I know the things I know      In the ghetto, ghetto, ghetto, ghetto, ghetto   And some of my friends done died befo'   In the ghetto, ghetto, ghetto, ghetto, ghetto   That's why I can't seem to let go of the ghetto      Now from the Go child my name is Lo   God done gave me this vision quite some time ago   He taught me shout it when you've got chance to blow?   You preach that real shit 'till you can't doubt no mo'      Now wait a minute y'all, I am the one   That ride the rhythm from midnight to the morning sun   I do it for the freedom, finance, and forever fun   Now revolution of the mind has already begun      Now just a second y'all it got to be   For every thought is fulfilled in the prophecy   I'm supernatural and there is no stoppin' me   Even the ghetto is still God's property   C'mon      Ever since you was a youngster the devil been   Over your soul, like this one eyed monster   Ain't no in between you either off or on   Never pass judgment but the feeling is mutual      Pass the hog mog, tryin' to drown me   After years of gravel   You promised no rest to blow in weeks   I know you ain't choppin' in the next man footprints      Wobblin' like a duck stuck, crawlin' out the same hole   Me don't promote no mysterious behavior   Pimped and be dead I used to flow, my high school goal   It come through in the ghetto      Now from that ghetto, ghetto, ghetto, ghetto, ghetto   Got one foot in, one foot out   Of the ghetto, ghetto, ghetto, ghetto, ghetto   That's why I know the things I know      In the ghetto, ghetto, ghetto, ghetto, ghetto   And some of my friends done died befo'   In the ghetto, ghetto, ghetto, ghetto, ghetto   That's why I can't seem to let go of the ghetto