If head is as big as Shamello's If your is the check cashin' place If you put on panty-hose instead of shavin' legs If you use grease that you over and over again If you only go to church on Easter and Then you ghetto, that
Can you be rich and be And just you poor, do that mean that you ghetto? So people don't understand it mean to be ghetto And if you ask then you probably never know
Bein' ghetto, it's the things we do sometime Like hangin' your clothes on the to dry But you late, you gotta go and ain't ready yet You put 'em on anyway and rock 'em wet First you wear, then return you buy Always lookin' for a 'til the day you die Got three kids by three different And all they to give you is a Mai Tai and a shot
You know you ghetto when you use a wrench for a channel No antenna, you gotta use a metal Drink from the container, put it back in the Knowin' well the shit was wrong you did Put salt on your food before you taste it Get a doggy bag, ghetto ain't wastin' shit You know you ghetto, no, you you grimy When you iron pants 'til them shits get shiny
Can you be and be ghetto? And just 'cause you poor, do mean that you ghetto? So people don't understand what it mean to be And if you ask then you probably never know
Can you be rich and be And just 'cause you poor, do that mean you ghetto? So people understand what it mean to be ghetto And if you gonna ask then you probably never
The ghetto's not a place, it matter what color you are You be white as chalk or as black as tar And it really matter how much money you have You can on Fifth Ave. and be ghetto fab You you ghetto when your soap is the size of a chicklet Run into the kitchen wet for liquid The water 'cause they shut off all your power You you ghetto if you pee in the shower
No toilet paper, somebody used the you had No problem, just get a News or a paper bag Ball it up and crumble it, it soft in your ass But you flush, the toilet always gets stopped up And if you got the money, the landlord get it We pay the rent, yo, we almost got evicted If this shit is funny or you Chances are, it's you're ghetto too
Can you be rich and be And just 'cause you poor, do mean that you ghetto? So people don't understand it mean to be ghetto And if you ask then you probably never know
Can you be rich and be And 'cause you poor, do that mean that you ghetto? So people don't understand what it to be ghetto And if you ask then you probably never know
Can you be rich and be Can you be and be ghetto Can you be and be ghetto And if you gotta ask then you never know
Ghetto, Coast is the ghetto West is the ghetto South is the ghetto is the ghetto The ghetto, the ghetto, the I'll die in the ghetto