If your is as big as Shamello's If your bank is the cashin' place If you put on panty-hose of shavin' your 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 and be ghetto? And 'cause you poor, do that mean that you ghetto? So people don't understand what it to be ghetto And if you gonna ask you probably never know
Bein' ghetto, it's just the things we do Like hangin' clothes on the oven to dry But you late, you go and they ain't ready yet You put 'em on anyway and 'em halfway wet First you wear, return everything you buy Always lookin' for a discount the day you die Got three kids by different guys And all they to give you is a Mai Tai and a shot
You know you ghetto when you use a for a channel changer No antenna, you gotta use a hanger from the container, put it back in the fridge Knowin' well the shit was wrong you did Put salt on your food you even taste it Get a bag, ghetto niggaz ain't wastin' shit You know you ghetto, no, you you grimy When you iron pants 'til them shits get shiny
Can you be rich and be And 'cause you poor, do that mean that you ghetto? So people don't understand it mean to be ghetto And if you gonna ask then you probably know
Can you be rich and be And just 'cause you poor, do that mean that you So people don't what it mean to be ghetto And if you gonna ask then you never know
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 don't how much money you have You can live on Ave. and be ghetto fab You know you when your soap is the size of a chicklet Run into the kitchen wet for dishwashin' The water cold they shut off all your power You know you if you pee in the shower
No toilet paper, somebody used the you had No problem, just get a Daily or a paper bag Ball it up and crumble it, it soft in your ass But when you flush, the toilet always gets up And if you got the money, the landlord get it We pay the rent, yo, we almost got evicted If this shit is or offendin' you Chances are, it's you're ghetto too
Can you be and be ghetto? And 'cause you poor, do that mean that you ghetto? So people don't what it mean to be ghetto And if you gonna ask then you probably never
Can you be rich and be And just you poor, do that mean that you ghetto? So don't understand what it mean to be ghetto And if you ask then you probably never know
Can you be and be ghetto Can you be rich and be Can you be and be ghetto And if you gotta ask then you probably know
Ghetto, East Coast is the West is the ghetto Side is the ghetto Everywhere is the The ghetto, the ghetto, the I'll die in the ghetto