In The Ghetto-Busta Rhymes/Rick James

[00:00.00] You know, my homey treach from naughty by nature once said " If you ain't from the ghetto, don't come to the *******' ghetto " [00:10.23]But I'ma let one of our most immaculate tour guides [00:12.51]Take us all through the ghetto, my *******, [00:14.70]Rick James [00:15.87]When I was a young boy, growin' up in the ghetto [00:20.19]Hangin' out on corners, singin' with the fellas [00:24.36]Lookin' for the cute chicks, tryin' to find me big fun [00:28.62]Lookin' for some trouble or anyone who'll give me some [00:32.85]I was young and crazy(In the ghetto) [00:37.11]Didn't know what my life would be(In the ghetto) [00:41.31]I was dumb and o, so lazy(In the ghetto) [00:45.42]Something had a spell on me(In the ghetto) [00:49.65]You all know what [00:50.19]I'm talkin' 'bout(Talkin' 'bout ghetto life, talkin' 'bout ghetto life) [00:58.20]You all know what [00:58.62]I'm singin' 'bout(Talkin' 'bout ghetto life) [01:02.49]Ghetto life(Talkin' 'bout ghetto life)(In the ghetto) [01:08.37]Sure we be takin' them chances while we search for the answers [01:10.71]We be smokin' them cancer sticks, police provokin' muhtha******s [01:13.38]We dancin' and we be dodgin' them bullets they be poppin' off at us, *******t [01:16.59]But yet we always romance the street and fall in love with the hood' [01:19.17]Til somebody come blast the heat, always up to no good [01:21.54]So all of my fam could eat, see in the hood we hungry [01:23.55]Hey, *******, we playin' for keeps, my soldiers on the block get on it [01:26.73]It be good if you flaunt it, we will take if we want it [01:28.71]See, *******z, from the ghetto got a different state of mind [01:30.84]With a different kind of hustle and we iller with the grind [01:32.97]And develop our muscle 'til we sicker with the *******ne in the struggle [01:35.55]Thus our money come quicker doin' crime [01:37.56]I see the way we rep the hood, gotta love me, you can take me out [01:39.96]The ghetto, but you can't take it from me, gotta love it(Talkin 'bout ghetto life) [01:44.79]Ghetto life(Talkin' 'bout ghetto life) [01:48.90]You all know what [01:49.41]I'm singin' 'bout(Talkin' 'bout ghetto life) [01:53.28]Ghetto life(Talkin' 'bout ghetto life)(In the ghetto) [01:59.19]That's where we get into that street, *******t [02:00.90]Hustle hard, try to get money quick(In the ghetto) [02:03.39]That's where [02:03.75]I got my name from [02:04.80]I learned to get money and [02:05.88]I got all my game from(In the ghetto) [02:07.62]That's where you eat with a bunch of the wolves [02:09.36]And get to hustlin' as hard as you could(In the ghetto) [02:11.91]Until your cake stackin' *******t'll get good [02:13.65]Throw a block party for the whole hood(In the ghetto) [02:16.20]With them burn out cellys, talk crazy, sell drugs in front of [02:18.69]Pancho Deli [02:19.47]Crack head chicks still smuggle babies in they belly [02:21.66]And them piss in elevators 'til the lobby all smelly(In the ghetto) [02:24.54]That's where [02:24.90]I keep my ratchets [02:25.95]Get my instincts and survival tactics [02:28.08]Ain't nuttin' like the hood *******, [02:29.19]I don't care [02:30.00]You survivin' in the ghetto, you can make it anywhere [02:32.16]Gotta love it(Talkin 'bout ghetto life) [02:35.58]Ghetto life(Talkin' 'bout ghetto life) [02:39.78]You all know what [02:40.20]I'm singin' 'bout(Talkin' 'bout ghetto life) [02:44.07]Ghetto life(Talkin' 'bout ghetto life) [02:48.99]To my east coast *******z, rep your ghetto [02:51.48]West coast *******z, rep your ghetto [02:53.46]Midwest *******z, rep your ghetto [02:55.59]Down south *******z, rep your ghetto [02:57.54]To my east coast *******z, rep your ghetto [02:59.91]West coast *******z, rep your ghetto [03:02.04]Midwest *******z, rep your ghetto [03:03.87]To my dirty south *******z, rep your ghetto(In the ghetto) [03:07.02]Even though they act rude, you'll always find a good chick [03:09.09]To hold a brick for they dude, behind the bull*******t [03:11.19]Me and my clique on the move, we honor the code of the street [03:13.56]And live by the rules [03:15.39]Is where, all of the hood's at(In the ghetto) [03:16.89]Find the most crooks and they sell the most drugs at [03:19.20]Where you find beautiful women and rugrats [03:21.15]And some of the most powerful people, [03:22.59]I love that, come on(Talkin' 'bout ghetto life) [03:26.34]You all know, what [03:26.79]I'm talkin' 'bout(Talkin 'bout ghetto life, talkin' 'bout ghetto life) [03:30.57]You all know what [03:30.96]I'm singin' 'bout(Talkin' 'bout ghetto life) [03:34.86]Ghetto life(Talkin' 'bout ghetto life, in the ghetto) [03:40.83]Never mind who you thought [03:41.88]I wasI'm Rick [03:42.93]James, ******* [03:48.06]******* is a hell of a drug