In the ghetto, you think life is Food stamps and to' up Wall to wall dirty carpet Sittin in a bucket, you can start it And ride around to the store get a job get drunk some more You betta trippin on dem stereotypes in the ghetto there's a good life We ain't starvin like Marvin, see no roach When ya chill wit the rich folks in the You're sittin on leather big screens by the dope fiends Smokin, and what about the brother wit the good money, and workin hard Bought a for his wife and kids Ya only got one life to brother got some cocaine You his face, but don't know his name You he got the sack mayn And he's on a fat bank cars at his house in the driveway Benz so don't roll it just fly away 'Cause folks got money in the ghetto yeah you
Hey hey hey got to say (There's money in the ghetto) Hollywood! Havin money in the
in the ghetto ain't nothin new It's been that, way before you Was even born, get up from the stroke City for the black folks Say it loud in ya hot Man child in the land I take you back to Iceberg And all the players came before him If you a everyday hustler, get your Cause what do to black man ain't funny All the time to put us the pen You get paroled and then they you again All the homies in the hood paid You have left but the money stayed In the ghetto, it ain't all drugs Gettin paid all kinds of stuff Only rule on the is don't get caught your hustle ain't breakin the law And even though folks got it good We on 'em fat in the hood I'm ridin on some gold dank and it's potent Ask them fools, they know money in the ghetto
Hey hey hey got to say (There's money in the ghetto) Hollywood! Havin in the ghetto
I got money baby, just tell me the 'Cause Dog ain't nuttin nice I hit the town wit my boy Ben Franklin Spend fo', get an ounce of then Rich nigga get high If I bust a Ben Frank' get some Jacksons Five twenties for a hundred dollar You know the math, make a deal On the one dollar if you look on the front You the face of George Washington money baby, that's all I do That's how I know Jefferson is on the two Lincoln got shot and died Freed the slaves so they put him on the And Hamilton, my old friend They put his on the front of the ten are the dead, presidents From the hood and represent The American for the average minority Make money get some weed and a forty I'm on the Eastside livin a king back watchin fifty inch screens Bounce to the Westside, hit the And my money in the ghetto
Hey hey hey got to say (They got money in the ghetto) Hollywood! Havin money in the
if you can't say a rap, or play sports You might just up short And always say the same things Don't be a gangster or a Get your high diploma, go to college Get a degree and start dollars Only one thing wrong, and a trip Inner city schools don't us shit Got us on stupid, straight S.O.S Can't get nothin, but they payin the of them fools All around the in the other countries should be spendin that money right here In the state of You graduate and can't diploma Dip to the and get rich Slangin rocks to a out bitch No school'll close to that A few transaction my pockets fat I make a lot of and it ain't no lie I'll probably til the day I die And if I didn't, so I bet you I'd come up 'Cause a whole lot of money in the ghetto yeah you know
Hey hey hey whatcha got to say (They got in the ghetto) Hollywood! money in the ghetto