Why know, my homey Treach from Naughty
"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,
Lookin' for the cute chicks,
Lookin' for some trouble,
or anyone who'll give me some
Didn't know what my life would
I was dumb and oh so lazy
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
(In the ghetto) Sure we be takin' them chances
we search for the an swers we
be smokin' them cancer sticks
Police provokin' motherfuckers,
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
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
See nigggas from the ghetto got
a different state of mind
With a different kind of hustle
and we iller with the grind
'til we sicker with the shine
thus our money come quicker doin' crime
I see the way we rep the hood,
You can take me out the ghetto,
but you can't take it from me
[Chorus] (Talkin' 'bout ghetto
Ghetto life (talkin' 'bout
You all know what I'm singin' 'bout
(talkin' bout ghetto life)
Ghetto life (talkin' 'bout
(In the ghetto) that's where we
get into that street shit
Hustle hard, try to get money quick
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
And get to hustlin' as hard
as you could (in the ghetto)
Throw a block party for the whole
With them burn out cellys
Talk crazy, sell drugs in front
Crackhead chicks still smuggle
And they pis sin elevators 'til the lobby all
That's where I keep my ratchets
Get my instincts and survival
Ain't nothin' like a hood nigga,
You survivin' in the ghetto,
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
West coast niggas', rep yo' ghetto
Midwest niggas', rep yo' ghetto
Down south niggas', rep yo'
(In the ghetto) even though they act rude
to hold a brick for they dude
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
Where you find beautiful women and rugrats and some
of the most powerful people, I love that
(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