A young hog in the hood playin' chase, smile on his Havin' fun 'cuz it ain't nothin' like this place and you don't wanna I got the new ones on And we can run the corner to the Newman's home
And after that we goin' go the plum tree And stick ball where those bos be Mom's got the door bumpin' Marvin Gaye get it on all day everyday
At I pray, Lord, just let me make it And if I die before I Then my soul, you it Never it
My brother taught me game And sometimes let the young soldier hang As a loc, my only was to soak And pass it on to my comrade and closest All I knew about it as a child I proud have you ever seen a ghetto smile?
In the there's a smile roamin' through the streets Why don't the homies smile for me? Ghetto, hey, In the ghetto there's a smile roamin' through the Why don't the smile for me? Ghetto, hey
I'm at the junior actin' bad at the dance The slow jam got me with a in my pants And baby with me, her used to babysit me And back then she was just old pretty
But nowadays it seems like she done Jeans fitting and her perm gotta hella I be wrong if I whisper and take her down And maybe play house sitter with her the Pound
It's goin' about now in the Northern Bay The OG's put it and make they pay Flip a 68 'stang with the out braids The only homey in the hood ridin' on
And as I peep it thangs got a little deeper And everybody and their Momma done a beeper And then they post on the gettin' loose and wild You know the scene it's the smile
In the ghetto there's a smile roamin' through the Why don't the homies smile for me? Ghetto, hey, In the ghetto there's a smile roamin' the streets Why the homies smile for me? Ghetto, hey
At 18 I and now I'm grown time for the dog to get his own bone I left home got a condo out on ridge And like a king is how this young live
Swimmin' parties in the with my dope to roll trippin' off nathin' we was all folks Hillside in the house and we perved Freestylin' gettin' on my nerves
I love the hood so I'm back to visit And swoop the young so that can come through and kick it And peep the just as I did as a kid And the savage get his cabbage and place his bid
And even though we fight we still game tight Handle business and open for forgiveness It ain't nothin' a homey you ain't seen in awhile So you meet him greet him with that ghetto smile
In the ghetto there's a smile through the streets Why don't the homies for me? Ghetto In the ghetto a smile, oh All the homies smiles for me,
There's a ghetto in the sky, in the sky But all the homies for me, ghetto The ghetto smile, the smile smile for me And the ghetto for me