The Ghetto

<br>[Krayzie]<br>Kill me, son<br>Yo, it`s on<br>Come follow me to the ghetto<br>(Dedicated to the hustlers)<br>Come follow me to the ghetto<br>(Hustlers in the hood)<br>Come follow me to the ghetto<br>(To the projects)<br><br>1 - Come follow me to the ghetto<br> But this ain`t a place that everybody can go<br> (You got to be a thug to know the love in the ghetto, ghetto)<br> Come follow me to the ghetto<br> No this ain`t the place that everybody can go<br> (I say you got to be a thug to know the love in the ghetto, ghetto)<br><br> Come follow me to the ghetto<br> But this ain`t a place that everybody can go<br> (You got to be a thug to know the love in the ghetto, ghetto)<br> Come follow me to the ghetto<br> Nope this ain`t the place that everybody can go<br> (I say you got to be a thug to know the love in the ghetto, ghetto)<br><br>What a wonderful day off in the neighborhood<br>G-double O-D good mornin` to ya<br>(Wake up) get up, hey there, whassup?<br>Let`s take a stroll through this place we call home<br>And everybody be knowin` your name<br>The PJ, where we tryin` to survive<br>Of all our good times after workin` all day<br>So we hangin` all night, drinkin` <br>Feelin` all right from the love in our community<br>You`re a friend to me keepin` it real <br>Is what we done to get by day<br>You watch my back, you back is got <br>What a nigga from, it`s like that<br>It ain`t all good, then again, it ain`t all bad<br>It`s hard times, but some of the best times we don` had <br>Now can you feel me?<br><br>Repeat 1<br><br>And I gotta give my love to the projects nigga, feel me<br>We should let him know we ain`t forgot<br>It`s about this on your block<br>When they got a fist full a rocks, runnin` from the cops<br>Keepin` it real, they try to come up with a hundred dollar bill<br>If not, anything to get a meal is all right<br>It`s all about that bank roll<br>Cuz when you`re broke low, only the strongest survive<br>I know people who vanish, so just do what you need<br>Just demand to sit public or when they get business <br>And if it`s illegal, just play with your fears<br>I hope I`m forgiven for robbin` and stealin`<br>Stickin` your butts up for 50s and 20s<br>Dollars, quarters, shit, even pennies, it don`t make a difference<br>I`m hungry, just give me, y`all feel that?<br>Casualtie`s caps get peeled back<br>It`s wild down here where we live at<br>Real quick you could get killed, that`s the way it goes<br>You never know<br>Givin` my peace to hustlers strugglin` in the ghetto, ah<br>Tryin` to make that money, what we`ll do to make that money<br><br>Repeat 1<br><br>What you know about hard time?<br>What you know about the hard time?<br>What they know about hard time?<br>Say, what you know about that hard time?<br>I can feel it, feel it<br><br>Hard time<br>What they know about the hard time?<br>What they know about hard time?<br>Say, what you know about that hard time?<br>I can feel it, feel it<br><br>[O]<br>Supercat told you that the ghetto`s real hot<br>But you`s didn`t listen<br>So we gotta deliver another rendition<br>For instance, everybody knows how it go<br>1st of the Month, don`t front, you did there before<br>The place where random family confront you <br>Cops will try to hunt you<br>Cats will try to pump you and stunt you<br>Nobody wants you to succeed, just fail<br>The crabs in the bedroom theory<br>Clearly the ghetto has it`s ills, but hear me<br>The streets is where I learned to chase goals instead of my tail<br>Learned I wanted to sell lyrics instead of Yale<br>Studio time instead of time in the cell<br>I was compelled to excel<br>But to appreciate heaven, gotta see hell<br><br>Repeat 1 until end<br><br>[Krayzie]<br>Yeah, yeah, yeah<br>Bone Thugs-n-Harmony comin` back atcha in the `99<br>DJ U-Neek, Krayzie Bone<br>Shouts out to my true T.H.U.G.S.<br>Layzie, Bizzy, Wish, Flesh<br>Bone Thugs-n-Harmony<br>Representin` every thug<br>Every hustler<br>Every ghetto<br>Across the USA <br>(Got to be a thug to know the love in the ghetto)