Take us all through the ghetto, my nigga, Rick James
(In the ghetto)
(In the ghetto)
Lookin' for some trouble or anyone who'll give me some
I'm Rick James, bitch
(Talkin 'bout ghetto life)
With a different kind of hustle and we iller with the grind
I was young and crazy
Ghetto life
To my east coast niggaz, rep your ghetto
Thus our money come quicker doin' crime
You all know what I'm singin' 'bout
(Talkin' 'bout ghetto life)
(Talkin' 'bout ghetto life)
That's where I keep my ratchets
Midwest niggaz, rep your ghetto
But yet we always romance the street and fall in love with the hood
Ghetto life
Ghetto life
You all know, what I'm talkin' 'bout
(Talkin' 'bout ghetto life, talkin' 'bout ghetto life)
Crack head chicks still smuggle babies in they belly
I was dumb and o, so lazy
You all know what I'm talkin' 'bout
When I was a young boy, growin' up in the ghetto
(Talkin' 'bout ghetto life)
Until your cake stackin' shit'll get good
Where you find beautiful women and rugrats
But I'ma let one of our most immaculate tour guides
And them piss in elevators 'til the lobby all smelly
You all know what I'm singin' 'bout
(In the ghetto)
Sure we be takin' them chances while we search for the answers
Find the most crooks and they sell the most drugs at
I learned to get money and I got all my game from
And develop our muscle 'til we sicker with the shine in the struggle
We dancin' and we be dodgin' them bullets they be poppin' off at us, shit
It be good if you flaunt it, we will take if we want it
You survivin' in the ghetto, you can make it anywhere
The ghetto, but you can't take it from me, gotta love it
(Talkin 'bout ghetto life, talkin' 'bout ghetto life)
Midwest niggaz, rep your ghetto
(Talkin' 'bout ghetto life)
Even though they act rude, you'll always find a good chick
(In the ghetto)
(In the ghetto)
Never mind who you thought I was
Hangin' out on corners, singin' with the fellas
Didn't know what my life would be
Throw a block party for the whole hood
That's where I got my name from
I see the way we rep the hood, gotta love me, you can take me out
To hold a brick for they dude, behind the bullshit
Me and my clique on the move, we honor the code of the street
(Talkin' 'bout ghetto life)
(Talkin 'bout ghetto life)
Gotta love it
Something had a spell on me
That's where you eat with a bunch of the wolves
(Talkin' 'bout ghetto life, in the ghetto)
So all of my fam could eat, see in the hood we hungry
'Til somebody come blast the heat, always up to no good
And some of the most powerful people, I love that, come on
(Talkin' 'bout ghetto life)
(Talkin' 'bout ghetto life)
Ghetto life
West coast niggaz, rep your ghetto
(In the ghetto)
Down south niggaz, rep your ghetto
With them burn out cellys, talk crazy, sell drugs in front of Pancho Deli
(In the ghetto)
To my dirty south niggaz, rep your ghetto
And get to hustlin' as hard as you could
That's where we get into that street, shit
We be smokin' them cancer sticks, police provokin' muhthafuckers
(In the ghetto)
Hustle hard, try to get money quick
You all know what I'm singin' 'bout
Lookin' for the cute chicks, tryin' to find me big fun
And live by the rules Is where, all of the hood's at
(In the ghetto)
Get my instincts and survival tactics
Hey, nigga, we playin' for keeps, my soldiers on the block get on it
(In the ghetto)
Ghetto life
You all know what I'm singin' 'bout
(Talkin' 'bout ghetto life)
Ain't nuttin' like the hood nigga, I don't care
See, niggaz, from the ghetto got a different state of mind
West coast niggaz, rep your ghetto
(Talkin' 'bout ghetto life)
To my east coast niggaz, rep your ghetto
(Talkin' 'bout ghetto life)
(In the ghetto)
(In the ghetto)
(In the ghetto)
Ghetto life
