Yo, yeah, yo   Uhh, uhh, yeah, yo   Uhh, uhh, yeah, yo   Uhh, uhh, G. Dep      A child of the ghetto, nobody explain it to me   Livin' the scripture, the picture they painted for me   Rippin' it, runnin' and gunnin' and aimin' for me   Yo, yeah, uhh, yeah      I guess you niggaz told me right and exact   Shak, shak, right in his back   I might just crack while I'm writin this rap   From even, a tire that snap, I'm light in the sack   I tell you how I feel and that's part of the deal   I'm like Seagal with the steel but harder to kill   It's real, big beans up for lettin' me know   Fifteen bet and you blow, better get dough      Won't be a second we won't, they lettin' me go   Since pay's wisen your ways, allow me to grow   Aiyyo, swing, yeah, back to the scene   Seven-four-eight-oh, can't recall in between   Whole state pulsate, we can wrinkle the town   Park jams, dark shams niggaz breakin' it down   Niggaz rock the heaters, my clique rocked Adidas   Didn't know the blocks were where the spots would lead us   But hey      A child of the ghetto, nobody explain it to me   Livin' the scripture, the picture they painted for me   Knew what it wasn't, it wasn't the game or the greed   Rippin' it, runnin' and gunnin' and aimin' for me   A child of the ghetto, nobody explain it to me   Livin' the scripture, the picture they painted for me   Niggaz is gamin', they ain't who they claimin' to be   Niggaz that know me they told me the game it could be crazy      I take you back to the scene of the stunt   Scene of that rhyme and you can think what you want   And if, and if you tell me you can get it from here   Got boom got boom, put shit in the air, yeah   Get us some gear to get us in here   Waited years to get a premier and did it from here   Harlem, citizen where the kid is in gear, guard him   Niggaz in here, who get it in here, we are them      Take you back to the 80's around   Polo grounds, uptown, eight-eighty a pound   Niggaz hit the rooftop, y'all was roofin' the rocks   Other niggaz shoe tops, only youth from the block   You dig me, movin' in tops and movin' these rocks   You get it, we movin' them blocks to move in them drops   Skiddin', I guess the niggaz told me right and exactly   When they said stop fightin' and stack it, get the money nigga      A child of the ghetto, nobody explain it to me   Livin' the scripture, the picture they painted for me   Knew what it wasn't, it wasn't the game or the greed   Rippin' it, runnin' and gunnin' and aimin' for me   A child of the ghetto, nobody explain it to me   Livin' the scripture, the picture they painted for me   Niggaz is gamin', they ain't who they claimin' to be   Niggaz that know me, they told me the game it could be crazy      Eighty-one I had fun, eighty-two I was new   Eighty-three I did me, eighty-four I had grew   Eighty-five it got live, eighty-six in the mix   Eighty-seven in the kicks, eighty-eight in the whips   Eighty-nine I had the grind, now I know it was flow      Ninety-one we got guns, ninety-two it was dough   Ninety-three was the key, ninety-four was sure   Ninety-five took a dive, ninety-six I was poor   Ninety-seven did eleven, now I'm made out the gate   Ninety-nine spit rhymes two-thousand and straight   Shit, I thought I'd give housing a break   Sit back, countin' the cake and lounge in estates but yo      A child of the ghetto, nobody explain it to me   Livin' the scripture, the picture they painted for me   Knew what it wasn't, it wasn't the game or the greed   Rippin' it, runnin' and gunnin' and aimin' for me   A child of the ghetto, nobody explain it to me   Livin' the scripture, the picture they painted for me   Niggaz is gamin', they ain't who they claimin' to be   Niggaz that know me, they told me the game it could be crazy      A child of the ghetto, nobody explain it to me   Livin' the scripture, the picture they painted for me   Niggaz is gamin', they ain't who they claimin' to be   Niggaz that know me, they told me the game it could be crazy