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