In the ghetto, you think life is Food stamps and to' up Wall to wall dirty carpet Sittin in a bucket, hopin you can it And around to the liquor store Can't get a job get some more You stop trippin on dem stereotypes in the ghetto there's a good life We ain't like Marvin, won't see no roach ya chill wit the rich folks in the hood You're sittin on leather watchin big by the dope fiends Smokin, and about the brother wit the good jobs Savin money, and workin Bought a house for his wife and Ya only got one to live Another brother got some You know his face, but know his name You he got the sack mayn And sittin 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 whatcha got to say (There's in the ghetto) Hollywood! Havin money in the
Money in the ain't nothin new It's like that, way before you Was even born, get up from the stroke Chocolate City for the folks Say it in ya hot pants Man child in the promised I take you to Iceberg Slim And all the players that came him If you a hustler, get your money Cause what they do to black man funny All the time to put us the pen You get paroled and then they you again All the homies in the hood gettin You might left but the money stayed In the ghetto, it ain't all drugs Gettin paid doin all kinds of Only rule on the streets is get caught Unless your hustle breakin the law And though rich folks got it good We on 'em fat in the hood I'm ridin on gold ones dank and it's potent Ask fools, cause they know There's in the ghetto
Hey hey hey whatcha got to say (There's in the ghetto) Hollywood! money in the ghetto
I got money baby, tell me the price 'Cause Dog ain't nuttin nice I always hit the wit my boy Ben Franklin Spend fo', get an ounce of then Rich nigga get relaxin If I a Ben Frank' get some Andrew Jacksons Five twenties for a hundred bill You know the math, let's make a On the one dollar bill if you look on the You find the of George Washington Make baby, that's all I do That's how I know Jefferson is on the two Abraham Lincoln got and died Freed the so they put him on the five And Hamilton, my old friend They put his on the front of the ten These are the dead, From the hood and they The American for the average minority Make money get some weed and a forty I'm on the Eastside livin a king Kick back watchin inch screens to the Westside, hit the studio And spend my money in the
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 come up short And always say the same things Don't be a gangster or a Get high school diploma, go to college Get a degree and start makin Only one thing wrong, and it's a Inner city schools teach us shit Got us on stupid, straight S.O.S get nothin, but they payin the rest of them fools All around the in the other countries should be spendin that money right here In the state of You and can't spell diploma Dip to the and get rich Slangin to a smoked out bitch No school'll come to that A few make my pockets fat I a lot of money and it ain't no lie probably ball til the day I die And if I didn't, so I bet you I'd still up 'Cause there's a whole lot of money in the ghetto you know
Hey hey hey whatcha got to say (They got in the ghetto) Hollywood! Havin in the ghetto