A young hog in the hood playin' chase, on his face Havin' fun 'cuz it ain't like this place and you don't wanna race Fool I got the new 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 open bumpin' Marvin Gaye Let's get it on all day
At I pray, Lord, just let me make it And if I die before I Then my soul, you it Never it
My older brother me game And sometimes even let the young soldier As a loc, my only was to soak And pass it on to my and closest folks All friends I knew about it as a I stood have you ever seen a ghetto smile?
In the ghetto there's a roamin' through the streets Why don't the smile for me? Ghetto, hey, yeah In the there's a smile roamin' through the streets Why don't the smile for me? Ghetto, hey
I'm at the junior high actin' bad at the The slow jam got me a woody in my pants And baby me, her Momma used to babysit me And back she was just plain old pretty
But nowadays it like she done grown fitting and her perm gotta hella long Would I be wrong if I whisper and take her And maybe play sitter with her like the Pound
It's down about now in the Northern Bay The OG's put it and make they pay Flip a 68 'stang with the blew out The only homey in the ridin' on thangs
And as I peep it thangs have got a deeper And everybody and their Momma bought a beeper And then they post on the gettin' loose and wild You know the it's the ghetto smile
In the ghetto there's a smile roamin' through the Why don't the homies for me? Ghetto, hey, yeah In the there's a smile roamin' through the streets Why the homies smile for me? Ghetto, hey
At 18 I and now I'm grown About time for the dog to get his own I home got a condo out on Quail ridge And like a king is how this young playa
Swimmin' parties in the pool my dope to roll trippin' off nathin' we was all folks Hillside in the house and we gettin' Freestylin' gettin' on my nerves
I love the hood so everyday I'm back to And the young so that they can come through and kick it And peep the game as I did as a kid And watch the get his cabbage and place his bid
And even though we fight we still remain tight Handle and always open for forgiveness It ain't nothin' like a you ain't seen in awhile So when you meet him greet him with that ghetto
In the ghetto there's a smile roamin' the streets Why don't the homies smile for me? In the there's a smile, oh All the smiles for me, ghetto
a ghetto in the sky, ghetto in the sky But all the homies smile for me, The smile, the ghetto smile Homies for me And the ghetto for me