Ghetto Show feat Common & Anthony Hamilton (prod by Dave West)

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One two, one two
Talk about it
Ghetto to ghetto, backyard to yard
We tear it up y'all, and bless the mic with the gods, c'mon
Precious metals 'round our necks and arms
We tear it up y'all, and bless the mic with the gods, yeah
Ghetto to ghetto, backyard to yard
We tear it up y'all, and bless the mic with the gods, c'mon
And precious metals 'round our necks and arms
We tear it up y'all, and bless the mic with the gods
Whatever's in your heart is where you wanna be
My hood is the ghetto (For sure)
Even what you look is never what you see
My hood is the ghetto (True)
I've been down before, up off the streets to me
My hood is the ghetto (You know that)
Catch yourself and we'll live again, again
My hood is the ghetto
Black magic in the hood, it's tragic but understood
Crack addicts crack windows, crack wood
Even what's bad becomes good
Status becomes stood up on the pedestal
Welcome to the ghetto show, federal buildings
Pissy hallways filled with children pushin' children
Fiends lip peelin', niggas seems real and
What's real is the estate of mind that we in
The situation feels great
My man peels weight, so he can feel plates
You might get love but you still feel hate
With gang shakes and chain plates, we communicate
Chicago to Brooklyn, nigga, real ones do relate
If lyrics sold then truth be told
I'd probably be just as rich and famous as Jay-Z
Truthfully, I wanna rhyme like common sense
Next best thing, I'll do a record with Common Sense
Cause it's the music, the blues, it's the jazz, it's acoustic
Soul, rock and roll, to hip-hop that we producin'
Yeah, it's the year, it's the flair, it's the stair
Nowadays they shoot you where they used to shoot the fair
Remember lost soldiers, pour beer, shoot the air
We got our own elected officials no matter who the mayor
I know you know what I'm talkin' about
From New York to the South
Take off your shoes when you walk in the house, let's go
Whatever's in your heart is where you wanna be
My hood is the ghetto (Yeah)
Even what you look is never what you see
My hood is the ghetto (For sure)
I've been down before, up off the streets to me
My hood is the ghetto (Yeah)
Catch yourself and we'll live again, again
My hood is the ghetto
Yo, I grew up where they playin' skelly in the parking lot
And sell paintings of Aaliyah, B.I.G., and Pac up in the barbershop
Buildings too big so you don't really see them stars a lot
But rappers drinkin' and goin' to prison, you see them bars a lot
I feel the spirit in the dark and hear it in my heart
And always keep my ear to the block 'til I dearly depart
Hip-hop is really the art
We have to express the part of ourselves
That make us wanna martyr ourselves
It ain't harder to tell when somebody
Stick you up and put the hammer to you
They want them dead presidents like Stikman and Mutulu
With a gun to your jaw, these kids don't run anymore
Kicks is a hundred or more
A man in front of the store beggin' for money and mercy
I told him say a prayer under his breath, he cursed me
Cause he's thirsty, I heard it's a drought
Up early, servin' from they grandmother's house
Sometimes the ghetto feels desolate
The eyes of the hood, yo, is desperate
Affected by the deficit
Times and lessons get hard
Either get by or get God
When you try to get by, it's like the block keep blockin'
You try to make moves, it's like the car keep stoppin'
These shorties in court need Cochran
I tell 'em while the weed seeds poppin' in the game you need options
No time for feet watchin', me and 'Kwe keep rockin' for the ghetto
Whatever's in your heart is where you wanna be
My hood is the ghetto (Yeah)
Even what you look is never what you see
My hood is the ghetto (For sure)
I've been down before, up off the streets to me
My hood is the ghetto (Yeah)
Catch yourself and we'll live again, again
My hood is the ghetto
Whatever's in your heart is where you wanna be
My hood is the ghetto (Yeah)
Even what you look is never what you see
My hood is the ghetto (For sure)
I've been down before, up off the streets to me
My hood is the ghetto (Yeah)
Catch yourself and we'll live again, again
My hood is the ghetto
Yeah, yes sir
They say the world is a ghetto, there's ghettos around the world
We rockin' for the universe and the world
Yeah
For me personally, I feel like, you know what I'm sayin'
I travel city to city, state to state
Everywhere I go
I check out the hood, you know what I'm sayin'