Ghetto Village

[Chorus]<br>Would you like to go with me, down my dead end street?<br>Would you like to come with me, to village ghetto life?<br><br>Let me tell you bout the village where I dwell, it`s a...<br>Living hell still tryin to make a heaven outta this right here<br>Watching fo` the postman hopin fo` paper<br>Please stop the bus mister driver, wait up we got...<br>Rock fights where the dead end meets <br>The stop lights is out so it`s dead in the streets<br>The countyline look long, but I`m kinda hungry <br>So I pack a sack lunch, and got on<br>Late for class again, it`s half past 10<br>And moms gonna whoop ma ass again<br>Now and then I get the feelin that the world is mine<br>I start sittin back watchin time fly by<br>But uh, I`m so proud to say<br>That the ghetto is the reason that I`m loud today<br>And you come get a glimpse of what`s happenin<br>See for yourself how it is where I live at<br><br>[Chorus]<br><br>It shouldn`t take long to see, the place that belongs to me<br>It`s all good, ain`t nothin like home to me<br>No Diplomas but I, got some knowledge out of<br>My other partners that made it up outta here<br>And now not a whole lot of us get rich<br>But like the old saying goes "Ain`t life a bitch?"<br>Ah shit, the Landlord just raised the rent, fuck that!<br>Dem old days that came and went like this<br>There`s more ways you can use your time instead of<br>Looking for shit that you used to find<br>By the age of 16 ya finally come to grips<br>Livin life like this and nothin else mean shit<br>Looking for a smooth getaway <br>Cool, cuz soon I`ll see a better day<br>And if not - then I gots to deal with it<br>I ain`t makin this, up hell naw it`s real nigga<br><br>[Chorus]<br><br>No more suprises hopin I can open your eyes<br>And so I`m trying, instead of lookin up in the sky<br>I`m in the fast lane speed dreaming <br>Nappin on cruise control please believe it!<br>In my city when you see it at night, look different than it does in the day<br>Ain`t no tellin what`d happen if it wasn`t this way<br>I ain`t trippin off of shit it`s a good thing<br>I made a name off the local neighborhood gang<br>And at that time I started rhyming <br>And, set up a hill without help to start climbing<br>And I`ve been around this for a minute<br>You gotta get your own mix and get wit it<br>I made myself, learn to pay myself <br>Nigga the game don`t wait so I`ma stay myself<br>And now you can go and tell another nigga<br>On how the real ones is livin in the ghetto<br><br>[Chorus 2x]