[Cam'ron (intro)]   You do what you do where you live   I do what i do where i live   That's what makes me nigga, and that's just the way it is nigga   uhh, Killer, uhh, Prease, uhh, Vacant Lot, Diplomat, uhh   Killer, family nigga, yo, uhh, Killer, uhh, yo yo yo...      [verse one]   Where i'm from kids get it hectic   But get arrested but get respected   Piss infested, dislexic   Take caution money, for extortion money   Girls fate just for abortion money   Honey no day you'll play me on   Flip water, nuttin' like avion   Type a shit my niggas get gravy on   Money missin', might find your baby gone   The way we bond, Cam got ta spray these arms   Have you relocate, like Kay Reconn (?)   Crazy don, crazy cons girl fuck   Put they ladies on, me i'll go crazy on?   One chick told me give her a loan   Shit, only thing i leave you is alone   Indeed you could bone, lemme read you a poem   Mom no good for ya, it's da hood for ya      [chorus]   My hood (hood!), hoes (hoes!), thugs (thugs!)   What it is it good for? absolutely nothin' nothin' nothin'...   My hood (hood!), guns (guns!), drugs (drugs!)   What it is it good for? absolutely nothin' nothin' nothin'...      yo yo yo   [verse two]   Now it's gangs out here   Cats pass we flaggin', blue n red rags we braggin   Look out y'all, here the padon wagon   Cops or punks, hit em with the pump   Nigga wanna front, Killer give 'em what they want   Roll 'em up in the rug, dump they body in the trunk   Eat hoe heat low kill slow like mosquito   Now we dead if i ever did doubt of her   You want these streets? tryin' to get out of 'em   Gotta leave 'fore they see Cam fold   Where they don't speak Englas or Espaniol, no   Where i go they don't spit that rap, they say   "Ching chang maka halia"   Yeah, shit like that!   Get my gat, click my clack   Cam's killin' this, i write for niggas   Am i a vantriloquiste?   Ya feelin' this, niggas pump ya krills ta dis   Be carefull, Harlem World will get this      [chorus]   My hood (hood!), hoes (hoes!), thugs (thugs!)   What it is it good for? absolutely nothin' nothin' nothin'...   My hood (hood!), guns (guns!), drugs (drugs!)   What it is it good for? absolutely nothin' nothin' nothin'...      yo yo yo...   [verse three]   Cats wanna talk shit, i don't throw back trash at 'em   I come thru in a drop top, laugh at 'em   Wit the girls behind me, bout ta throw a pass at 'em   They with me stupid, now Ma, blast at 'em   Cats fire when i'm walkin' by like JFK junior, y'all talkin' fly   I give em Macaulay Culkin lie, Dolly Parton high, they all can buy   Got it for sale   And i don't run the crack spot   Opperation is a jag drop, rag mop, access with a laptop   One of the have-nots to brick money   Then i came thru in the six yummy   Ya whole click sick tummy   But be carefull, out in this game   Buyers, supliers, yo they wearin' wires   But come up in the world, if i twirl you fry   Got killed like a bitch hair; curled and dyed      [chorus]   My hood (hood!), hoes (hoes!), thugs (thugs!)   What it is it good for? absolutely nothin' nothin' nothin'...   My hood (hood!), guns (guns!), drugs (drugs!)   What it is it good for? absolutely nothin' nothin' nothin'...   [repeat x2]      [outro]   Yo yo yo, yo this for every hood   Every poverty, my whole NYC Harlem eastside   My cats down in ATL you win! keep it krump Miami   Keep it off the chain, Cat Gatti i see you in Green Borough   Get money, VA my guys out in CHI-town, the whole cali   Westside, LA, bay area, Dego, Houston, Dallas, Memphis   Keep it krump, Detroit, i see everybody   Every hood, every ghetto, everything is a poverty   We love y'all, Dip-Set, Killer Cam, Jim Jones, Freaky, hoooo!