Ghetto to ghetto, backyard to We tear it up y'all, the mic with the gods (come on) Precious round our necks and arms (yea) We tear it up y'all, bless the mic with the to ghetto, backyard to yard We it up y'all, bless the mic with the gods (come on) Precious metals round our necks and (yea) We tear it up y'all, the mic with the gods
(Hook: Hamilton) Whatever in your is where you want to be My is the ghetto Even when you Its never you see My hood is the I've been down up is just a reach Cause my hood is the a second wind Then again My hood is the
(Verse 1: Common) Black in the hood, its tragic but understood Crack addicts, crack windows, crack Even whats bad becomes good, becomes stood Upon the pedestal welcome to the show buildings, pissy hallways filled with children pushing Fiends lips peeling, seems real and What's real is the of mind that we're in The situation great My man peels weight, so he can plates You might get love but you still hate and chain plates, we communicate Chicago to brooklyn nigga real ones do
(Verse 2: Kweli) If lyrics sold truth be told I'll probably be just as and famous as jay-z I wanna rhyme like common sense Next best thing I do a with common sense its the music, its blues, its jazz, its acoustics Soul, rock and roll the hip hop we be yea It's the gear, it's the flare, it's the Nowadays they'll shot you where used to shoot the fair Remember the soldiers, pour a beer, shoot the air We got our own elected officials, no matter who the I know you know I'm talking about From New to the South, take off your shoes you walk in the house
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(Verse 3: Kweli) Yo I up where they're playing skele in the parking lot And paintings of Aaliyah, BIG and Pac up in the barbershop Buildings too big so you don't see the stars a lot But rapping, drinking, and to you see them bars a lot I feel the spirit in the dark and it in my heart And always keep my ears to the block till I depart Hip hop is the art We have to express the of ourselves that make us to martyr ourselves It ain't harder to tell when stick you up and put the to you They want them dead presidents like Stickman and With a gun to your jaw, these don't run anymore is a hundred or more
(Verse 4: Common) A man in of the store, begging for money and mercy I told him say a under his breath, he cursed me Niggaz is thirsty, I it's a drought Up early, serving from their grandmother's the ghetto feels desolate, yo the of the hood yo is desperate Effected by the deficit, and lessons get hard get by or get god, but but you try to get by It's like the block keep You try to make moves, its like the car just keep We shorties in the court, need yea I tell why the weed seeds popping, in the game you need No time for watching, me and kwe rocking for the ghetto
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