Speed bumps in the road start slowin' me down
I'm a leader for the South, pa, open ya ears
Throw 'em up if you know what the hood like
Your world is ghetto
Got a couple white packs 'cause they fiend for that
See the color of ya skin get 'cha put in the pen
It's where you had to tote your gun
I'm a product of the block, watch the fiends come back
I'm representin' for the hoods where they feel me at
Know a couple of niggas ain't never comin' out the gate
'Lotta niggas doin' life from under covers and fake friends
Niggas dyin' everyday 'cause they wanna be hard
Young kids where I'm from wear permanent tears
It's where you live, it's where you play
It's where you learn your favorite slang
Where niggas tote semi-automatics, bustin' them K's
Still totin' my piece 'cause it ain't nothin' like the movies
Do or die situation when ya tired, be stavin'
But a 44'll get 'cha money fast from robbin'
Sendin' niggas to the pen or the funeral home
Early five in the mornin', pigs showin' they badge
'Bama wasn't made for a nigga to win
Your world is ghetto
Still gettin' pulled over and asked by the police
Couple o' people still thinkin' they got somethin' to prove
Bullet holes in ya house'll make it hard to sleep
It's where you learn your favorite slang
It's where you learn your favorite slang
It's where you had to tote your gun
So I'm holdin' on my gat just in case they attack
Throw 'em up if you lookin' for that good life
Niggas doin' life from under covers and fake friends
It's real how them penitentiary bars'll break men
Got a chance to advance, so I'm makin' my move
Can't explain how I feel growin' up in the gutter
Let me take ya through my hood where I was born and raised
Your world is ghetto
Your world is ghetto
On my knees every night conversatin' wit God
Heavy guns and dope boys harassed by the police
It's real life, over dice, Dwayne dead and gone
Ya see the fiends on the street want the hard for cheap
Real niggas in the street still showin' they rags
I'm wearin' my vest in case they hit me wit the Uzi
It's where you live, it's where you play
It's where I live, it's where I'm from
Get money, muthafucka, get money, muthafucka
So I went and started workin' like my nine my tool
Even if I take a trip around the world and back
Movin' weight the only thing them street niggas know
Servin' thangs at school, they never teach 'em, don't show
Told my mama I'ma leave the dope game alone
See them fake niggas actin' like they know me now
Pay the card for the South, yeah the hood my home
I be feelin' like the Lord'll never answer me back
Your world is ghetto
Told my mama that I love her put nobody above her
It's real how them penitentiary bars'll break men
It's where I live, it's where I'm from
Doin' crimes, a hard time for food on the plate
It's where you live, it's where you play
Government'd never send me a dime for school
It's where I live, it's where I'm from
It's where you had to tote your gun
Throw 'em up if ya ghetto, shit
Your world is ghetto, your world, ghetto
