The Big Bang
In the Ghetto
Busta Rhymes
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[Hook: Rick James]
Talkin'✦ 'bout ghetto✦ life, ghetto✦ life!
Talkin'✦ 'bout ghetto✦ life, you all know what I'm singin'✦ 'bout
Talkin'✦ 'bout ghetto✦ life, ghetto✦ life!
Talkin'✦ 'bout ghetto✦ life (In the ghetto)✦
[Verse 3: Busta Rhymes]
That's where we get into✦ that street shit
Hustle hard, try to get money✦ quick (In the ghetto)✦
That's where I got my name from
I learned to get money✦ and I got all my game from (In the ghetto)✦
That's where you eat with a bunch of the wolves✦
And get to hustling as hard as you could (In the ghetto)✦
Until✦ your cake stacking shit'll get good
Throw a block party✦ for the whole hood (In the ghetto)✦
With them burnout cellys✦
Talk crazy,✦ sell drugs in front of Pancho✦ Deli
Crackhead chicks still smuggle babies✦ in they belly✦
And then piss in elevators 'til the lobby✦ all smelly✦ (In the ghetto)✦
That's where I keep my ratchets
Get my instincts and survival tactics
Ain't nothin'✦ like the hood, nigga,✦ I don't care
You survivin' in the ghetto,✦ you can make it anywhere, gotta✦ love it
[Hook: Rick James]
Talkin'✦ 'bout ghetto✦ life, ghetto✦ life!
Talkin'✦ 'bout ghetto✦ life, you all know what I'm singin'✦ 'bout
Talkin'✦ 'bout ghetto✦ life, ghetto✦ life!
Talkin'✦ 'bout ghetto✦ life (In the ghetto)✦
[Bridge: Busta Rhymes]
To my East Coast niggas,✦ rep your ghetto✦
West Coast niggas,✦ rep your ghetto✦
Midwest✦ niggas,✦ rep your ghetto✦
Down South niggas,✦ rep your ghetto✦
To my East Coast niggas,✦ rep your ghetto✦
West Coast niggas,✦ rep your ghetto✦
Midwest✦ niggas,✦ rep your ghetto✦
To my Dirty✦ South niggas,✦ rep your ghetto✦ (In the ghetto)✦
[Verse 4: Busta Rhymes]
Even✦ though they act rude
You'll always✦ find a good chick to hold a brick for they dude
Behind✦ the bullshit, me and my clique on the move
We honor the code of the street and live by the rules✦ (In the ghetto)✦
Is where, all of the hood's at
Find the most crooks and they sell the most drugs at
Where you find beautiful women✦ and rugrats
And some of the most powerful people, I love that, come on
[Hook: Rick James]
Talkin'✦ 'bout ghetto✦ life, you all know what I'm talkin'✦ 'bout
Talkin'✦ 'bout ghetto✦ life, you all know what I'm singin'✦ 'bout
Talkin'✦ 'bout ghetto✦ life, ghetto✦ life!
Talkin'✦ 'bout ghetto✦ life (In the ghetto)✦
[Outro: Rick James | Dave Chappelle]
Never mind who you thought I was, I'm Rick James,✦ bitch! (*applause*)
Cocaine is a hell of a drug
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