In The Ghetto

Ghetto

Nobody's smilin'

The ghetto

Nobody's smilin'

Ain't gonna keep rottin' in hell

Nobody's smilin'

Ghetto

Nobody's smilin'

The ghetto

Nobody's smilin'

Ghetto

The ghetto

Nobody's smilin'

Ghetto

Ain't gonna keep rottin' in hell

Nobody's smilin'

Ghetto

Ain't gonna keep rottin' in hell

Planet Earth, was my place of birth

Born to be the sole controller, of the universe

Besides the part of the map I hit first

Any environment I can adapt, when it gets worst

The rough gets goin', the goin' gets rough

When I start flowin', the mic might bust

The next state'll shake from the power I generate

People in Cali used to think it was earthquakes

'Cause times was hard on the Boulevard

So I bogart, and never get scarred, I'm god

But it seems like I'm locked in hell

Lookin' over the edge, but the R never fell

Or tripped or slipped, 'cause my Nikes got grip

Stand on my own two feet and come equipped

Any stage I'm seen on, or mic I fiend on

I stand alone and need nothin' to lean on

Goin' for self, wit' a long way to go

So much to say, but I still flow slow

I come correct and I won't look back

'Cause it ain't where you're from, it's where ya at

Even the

Ghetto

Nobody's smilin'

The ghetto

Nobody's smilin'

Ghetto

Ain't gonna keep rottin' in hell

Nobody's smilin'

I learn to relax in my room and escape from New York

And return through the womb of the world as a thought

Thinkin' how hard it was to be born

Me bein' cream, wit' no physical form

Millions of cells wit' one destination

To reach the best part, as life's creation

9 months later, a job well done

Make way, 'cause here I come

Since I made it this far, can't stop now

There's a will and a way and I got the know-how

To be all I can be and more

And see all there is to see before

I'm called to go back to the essence

It's a lot to learn so I study my lessons

I thought the ghetto was the worst that could happen to me

I'm glad I listen when my father was rappin' to me

'Cause, back in the days, they lived in caves

Exiled from the original man, and strayed away

Now that's what I call hard times

I'd rather be here to exercise the mind

Then I take a thought around the world twice

From knowledge to born back to knowledge precise

Across the desert, that's hot as the Arabian

But they couldn't cave me in, 'cause I'm the Asian

Reaching for the city of Mecca, visit Medina

Visions of Neffertiti, then I seen her

Mind keeps travelin', I'll be back after I

Stop and think about the brothers and sisters in Africa

Return the thought through the eye of a needle

For miles I fought and I just brought the people

Under the dark skies on a dark side

Not only there but right here's an apartheid

So now is the time for us to react

Take a trip through the mind and when you get back

Understand your third eye seen all of that

It ain't where you're from, it's where ya at

Even the

Ghetto

Nobody's smilin'

The ghetto

Nobody's smilin'

Even the

Ghetto

Nobody's smilin'

The ghetto

Nobody's smilin'

Ghetto

Ain't gonna keep rottin' in hell

Nobody's smilin'

Ghetto

Ain't gonna keep rottin' in hell

Nobody's smilin'

The ghetto

Nobody's smilin'

Ain't gonna keep rottin' in hell

Nobody's smilin'

No more props, I want property, in every borough

Nobody's stoppin' me, because I'm thorough

Rhymes are makin' me real estate, for me to own

Wherever I bless a microphone

007 is back and relaxin'

On point an' reactin', and ready for action

I'm so low key that you might not see me (the ghetto)

Incognito, and takin' it easy (ghetto)

Quiet is kept on a hush hush

In front of a crowd, I get loud as a bum-rush

But calm, keep a low pro, and play the background

Hopin' the wack rapper put the mic back down

So rip it, break it in half, go head and slam it

'Cause when it's time to build, I'm a mechanic

Of bondin' and mendin', attachin' and blendin'

So many solos, there is no endin'

People in my neighborhood, they know I'm good

From London to Hollywood, wherever I stood

Footprints remain on stage ever since

Sidewalks and streets, I leave fossils and dents

When I had sex, I left my name on necks

My trademark was left throughout the projects

I used to get rich when I played Cee-lo

When I rolled 4, 5, 6, they go "we know"

So I collect my cash then slide

I got my back, my gun's on my side

It shouldn't have to be like that

I guess it ain't where you're from, it's where ya at

Even the

Ghetto

Nobody's smilin'

The ghetto

Nobody's smilin'

I'm from the

Ghetto

Ain't gonna keep rottin' in hell

Word up

Nobody's smilin'

Peace

Ghetto

Nobody's smilin'

The ghetto

Nobody's smilin'

Ghetto

Ain't gonna keep rottin' in hell

Nobody's smilin'

No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no (in the ghetto)

No, no, no, nobody's smilin'

No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no (in the ghetto)

No-bo-dy's smilin'

Ghetto

Ain't gonna keep rottin' in hell

Nobody's smilin'