A young hog in the hood playin' chase, on his face Havin' fun 'cuz it ain't nothin' this place and you don't wanna race Fool I got the new on And we can run from the to the Newman's home
And that we goin' go raid the plum tree And stick ball where those bos be Mom's got the door open bumpin' Gaye Let's get it on all day
At I pray, Lord, just let me make it And if I die I wake Then my soul, you it fake it
My brother taught me game And sometimes even let the soldier hang As a loc, my duty was to soak And it on to my comrade and closest folks All I knew about it as a child I stood proud have you ever seen a smile?
In the there's a smile roamin' through the streets Why don't the homies for me? Ghetto, hey, yeah In the ghetto there's a smile through the streets 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 with me, her Momma used to babysit me And then she was just plain old pretty
But nowadays it seems she done grown Jeans fitting and her perm gotta hella Would I be if I whisper and take her down And maybe play house with her like the Pound
It's goin' about now in the Northern Bay The OG's put it down and make pay Flip a 68 'stang with the out braids The homey in the hood ridin' on thangs
And as I peep it thangs have got a little And everybody and their done bought a beeper And then post on the lake gettin' loose and wild You the scene it's the ghetto smile
In the ghetto a smile roamin' through the streets Why the homies smile for me? Ghetto, hey, yeah In the ghetto there's a smile roamin' the streets Why don't the smile for me? Ghetto, hey
At 18 I graduated and now I'm About time for the dog to get his own I left home got a condo out on Quail And like a king is how this playa live
Swimmin' parties in the pool with my dope to Wasn't off nathin' we was all folks Hillside in the and we gettin' perved Freestylin' on my neighbor's nerves
I love the hood so everyday I'm back to And swoop the so that they can come through and kick it And peep the game as I did as a kid And watch the savage get his cabbage and his bid
And even though we fight we still remain tight Handle business and open for forgiveness It ain't nothin' like a homey you seen in awhile So when you meet him greet him with ghetto smile
In the ghetto there's a smile roamin' the streets Why don't the homies smile for me? In the ghetto a smile, oh All the smiles for me, ghetto
There's a ghetto in the sky, in the sky But all the homies for me, ghetto The ghetto smile, the ghetto smile for me And the smile for me