Ghetto to ghetto, to yard We it up y'all, bless the mic with the gods (come on) Precious metals round our and arms (yea) We tear it up y'all, bless the mic the gods Ghetto to ghetto, to yard We it up y'all, bless the mic with the gods (come on) Precious metals round our and arms (yea) We it up y'all, bless the mic with the gods
(Hook: Hamilton) Whatever in heart is where you want to be My hood is the Even when you Its never you see My is the ghetto been down before up is just a reach Cause my is the ghetto a second wind Then begin My hood is the
(Verse 1: Common) Black in the hood, its tragic but understood addicts, crack windows, crack wood Even whats bad good, status becomes stood Upon the pedestal welcome to the show Federal buildings, pissy hallways with children pushing Fiends lips peeling, seems real and What's real is the of mind that we're in The feels great My man weight, so he can fill plates You might get love but you still hate and chain plates, we communicate Chicago to nigga real ones do relate
(Verse 2: Kweli) If lyrics then truth be told I'll probably be just as and famous as jay-z Truthfully I wanna like common sense best thing I do a record with common sense Cause its the music, its blues, its jazz, its Soul, rock and roll the hip hop we be yea It's the gear, it's the flare, the stare Nowadays they'll you where they used to shoot the fair the lost soldiers, pour a beer, shoot the air We got our own elected officials, no matter who the I you know what I'm talking about From New to the South, off your shoes when you walk in the house
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(Verse 3: Kweli) Yo I grew up where playing skele in the parking lot And sell paintings of Aaliyah, BIG and Pac up in the Buildings too big so you don't see the stars a lot But rapping, drinking, and to prison you see them a lot I feel the spirit in the dark and it in my heart And keep my ears to the block till I dearly depart Hip hop is the art We have to the part of ourselves make us want to martyr ourselves It ain't harder to when somebody you up and put the hammer to you They want them dead presidents like Stickman and With a gun to your jaw, these don't run anymore Kicks is a or more
(Verse 4: Common) A man in front of the store, begging for money and I told him say a prayer under his breath, he me is thirsty, I heard it's a drought Up early, serving their grandmother's house Sometime the ghetto desolate, yo the eyes of the hood yo is by the deficit, times 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 them 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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