The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill

I was just a little girl<br>Skinny legs, a press and curl<br>My mother always thought I`d be a star<br><br>But way before the record deals<br>Streets that nurtured Lauryn Hill<br>made sure that I`d never go too far<br><br>Every ghetto, every city<br>and suburban place I been<br>Make me recall my days, in New Jerusalem<br><br>Story starts in Hootaville<br>Grew up next to Ivy Hill<br>When kids were stealing quartervilles for fun<br><br>"Kill the Guy" in Carter Park<br>Rode a Mongoose til it`s dark<br>Watching kids show off the stolen ones<br><br>Every ghetto, every city<br>and suburban place I been<br>Make me recall my days, in the New Jerusalem<br><br>You know it`s hot<br>Don`t forget, what you got<br>Lookin back.. lookin back, lookin back, lookin back<br><br>You know it`s hot<br>Don`t forget, what you got<br>Lookin back.. lookin back, lookin back, lookin back<br><br>Bag of Bontons, twenty cents and a nickel (well that`s a quarter)<br>Springfield Ave. had the best popsicles<br>Saturday morning cartoons and Kung-Fu (wuh-TAH!)<br><br>Main street roots tonic with the dreds<br>A beef patty and some coco bread<br>Move the patch from my Lee`s to the tongue of my shoes<br><br>`Member, FreLng-Huysen used to have the bomb leather<br>Back when Doug Fresh and Slick Rick was together<br>Looking at the crew, we thought we`d all live forever<br><br>You know it`s hot<br>Don`t forget, what you got<br>Lookin back.. lookin back, lookin back, lookin back<br><br>You know it`s hot<br>Don`t forget, what you got<br>Lookin back.. lookin back, lookin back, lookin back<br><br>Drill teams on Munn street<br>`Member when Hawthorne and Chancellor had beef<br>Moving Records was on Central Ave.<br><br>I was there at dancing school<br>South Orange Ave. at Borlin pool<br>Unaware of what we didn`t have<br><br>Writing my friends` names on my jeans with a marker<br>July 4th races outside Parker<br>Fireworks at Martin Stadium<br><br>The Untouchable P.S.P.<br>where all them crazy nig-gaz be<br>And car thieves got away through Irvington<br><br>Hillside brings beef with the cops<br>Self Destruction record drops<br>And everybody`s name was Muslim (children playing, women producing)<br><br>Sensations and eighty-eight<br>attracted kids from out of state<br>And everybody used to do the wop (wop it out, wop it out, wop it out)<br><br>Jack ya jack ya jack ya body<br>Nah, the BizMark used to amp up the party<br>I wish those days, they didn`t stop<br><br>Every ghetto, every city<br>and suburban place I been<br>Make me recall my days, in New Jerusalem<br><br>You know it`s hot<br>Don`t forget, what you got<br>Lookin back.. lookin back, lookin back, lookin back<br><br>You know it`s hot<br>Don`t forget, what you got<br>Lookin back.. lookin back, lookin back, lookin back<br><br>You know it`s hot<br>Don`t forget, what you got<br>Lookin back.. lookin back, lookin back, lookin back