Said is my story ghetto story Said thys is my Real ghetto Hey
See, I was born poor like many men who didn't have Came to America trying to make outta sometin' See we Africans we huntin' Found my way up to da top like it nothing
And hooked up wit some Puerto up in Jersey We use to be laa baw and pot see Had a lot after sometin', after union In a of projects in NYC
I remember those days when hell was my me and mama bed was a big piece a foam An mi never like and my hair never comb When mama gone a work me go go roam
I remember when dem tek me snow cone An mek him likkle dem kick up Jerome I remember when we visit dem wid pure big An the boy pop out something weh full chrome
But no betta than to play around me And knew I kept the AK displayed me And I moved out to da to find more cheese And I found out Cars make more dan
I remember we run, Fatta get him knee blown An mi best friend Richie get, two inna him I so the avenue tun inna warzone An, Mickey madda fly him out, cau she get a
(What?) But, go to foreign and go tun Al Capone Mek whole a money and sen in our own Now a we a lock the city and, that is well Yesterday call me pan mi phone Mi say
Wi get di ting dem, dem luck now Mi squeeze seven and the whole a dem a now (This a story) Wi have heap a extra clip cau we nuh bruk now (True story) Rah, rah, rah, rah
(Said my story) Wi get di ting dem, so dem rate wi (Akon Story) Cau we a tek it to them of lately (This is my story) And now the whole community a live (Real story) Rah, rah, rah, rah Hey
I remember bout '80, explode When a Trinity and Hewitt dem a run road a long before Laing dem and even Bigga Ford When dem a Corporal nuh know the road code
I remember we rob the chiney shop down the road An rumour have it sey the man have a sword But we did a one pop wey make outta board So you the next day mama pot overload
How that be? Shop, shops in the city call me the Never thought of Some hotter po po styll up wit me But I got locked up
while I was boxed out Broke us some out, then they let me out but Two Years later my skrew got shot up And got the whole block royal now wat Rah
get screw, tru greed an glutton Politics manipulate and yutes button But we now ,so dem caan tell man notin Cuz a we a mek a nyaam fish an' mutton, ehh
Ova dehso mek mi unnu some'in Tru mi dey a now a guy kill me cousin An mi sey TD deh dey but him sey he wasnt Anytime mi fly down him a get dozen 'cause
Wi get di ting dem, dem luck now Mi squeeze seven and the a dem a duck now (This a story) Wi have whole heap a clip cau we nuh bruk now (True story) Rah, rah, rah, rah
(Said my story) Wi get di ting dem, so dem rate wi (Akon Story) Cau we a tek it to them wicked of (This is my story)
And now the whole a live greatly (Real story) Rah, rah, rah, rah Hey
I remember those days hell was my home When me and mama bed was a big a foam An mi never like and my hair never comb When mama a work me go street go roam
I remember when dem tek me snow cone An mek him likkle bredda dem kick up I remember we visit dem wid pure big stone An the boy pop out something weh full chrome
I remember we run, Fatta get him knee blown An mi friend Richie get, two inna him dome I remember so the avenue tun warzone An' Mickey fly him out, cau she get a loan
But, Mickey go to foreign and go tun Al Mek whole a money and sen in our own Now a we a lock the and, that is well known Mickey call me pan mi phone Mi say