Ghetto to ghetto, backyard to We tear it up y'all, the mic with the gods (come on) Precious metals our necks and arms (yea) We tear it up y'all, bless the mic with the Ghetto to ghetto, backyard to We it up y'all, bless the mic with the gods (come on) Precious metals our necks and arms (yea) We tear it up y'all, bless the mic the gods
(Hook: Hamilton) Whatever in your heart is where you to be My is the ghetto Even you look Its what you see My hood is the I've been down before up is just a Cause my is the ghetto Catch a wind begin again My is the ghetto
(Verse 1: Common) Black magic in the hood, its tragic but Crack addicts, crack windows, wood Even whats bad becomes good, status becomes Upon the pedestal welcome to the ghetto buildings, pissy hallways filled with pushing children Fiends lips peeling, shit seems and What's real is the estate of that we're in The feels great My man weight, so he can fill plates You get love but you still feel hate Through and chain plates, we Chicago to brooklyn nigga ones do relate
(Verse 2: Kweli) If lyrics then truth be told I'll be just as rich and famous as jay-z Truthfully I wanna 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 they used to shoot the the lost soldiers, pour a beer, shoot the air We got our own elected officials, no who the mayor I you know what I'm talking about From New to the South, take off your shoes when you in the house
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(Verse 3: Kweli) Yo I grew up where they're playing in the parking lot And sell of Aaliyah, BIG and Pac up in the barbershop too big so you don't really see the stars a lot But rapping, drinking, and to you see them bars a lot I the spirit in the dark and hear 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 to tell when somebody stick you up and put the to you They want dead presidents like Stickman and Mutulu With a gun to jaw, these kids don't run anymore Kicks is a hundred or
(Verse 4: Common) A man in front of the store, begging for money and I told him say a under his breath, he cursed me Niggaz is thirsty, I it's a drought Up early, serving from grandmother's house Sometime the ghetto 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 blocking You try to moves, its like the car just keep stopping We shorties in the court, cochran yea I tell them why the seeds popping, in the you need options No for feet watching, me and kwe keep for the ghetto
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