Hit the block lexus truck slangin ice cream A million records sold , thats why yall know p Came up on hard times tryin to make ends 2 stones to my niggaz thats dead and in the pen The ghetto wont change , they label me the dope man I slang raps but the feds think its cocaine Tap my phone , these hoes wont leave me alone Nigga gon legit , so stay off the ding dong Independent , thats why they hate me A million man ghetto march for master p So fuck rap pages ( dont know ) Yall didnt want to see a nigga make it off the streets Thats why youll never see p on mtv Top 40 , but niggaz yall know me Number 1 in every mom and pop and billboard record store So fuck yall playa hatin hoes Gimme a pen , a pad , and ill make a hit Show every nigga in the ghetto how to get rich Cause yall dont know what go on behind closed doors White folks pimp niggaz like hoes But tru niggaz , say fuck that You owe me money , its time to meet the chrome gat I got the drank , finna tomorrow I take a piss test And I know my probs. want me to go back An ex-con addicted to gangsta rhymes Last year I caught a bullet but it wasnt mine Time to go nigga on dead row , or should I say Im stuck in the ghetto
Chorus: (2x) just a ghetto thang , a ghetto thang , you would understand if you Was From the ghetto man (1x)its a ghetto thang , a ghetto thang , these niggaz got me caught up in This ghetto thang
Silk:
See I aint got no money up in my pocket How the fuck ima stop it Ima get the glock and cock and plug you like a socket See game get deeper but yall dont feel me Telling me to gets up out the game , get a job I shouldnt rob a nigga , I might kill yah See up on the block I rides deep on gold thangs These niggaz be trippin up on my shit and theyll jack you like it aint no Thang See Im from the city where niggaz be salty and they stay faulty like wires And I aint seen a gangsta retire yet On a bet , threw my cothes up on the floor and I sweat Trust nobody cause these niggaz today will smoke you like a cigarette Now bet , rest in peace to all homies that didnt make it Took life for granted , an I panic while seeing niggaz with ski masks We blast with ski masks and bust a cap into they weak ass Everyday struggle and I stay hustlin like a pan handler Fuck it if I took a chance to get dead like cancer I betta not chance it Slik , just another nigga tryin to make it up out the ghetto
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Big ed:
Got a hold on me , jealous fools wanna roll on me Will I die or will God just let me be Fufill the prophecy reach my destiny avoid the burial plot Unlive the ones that got popped I got a son but she says that it isnt mine Im 24 and since birth Ive served hard time In this concrete jungle , a war zone , many of my peers die Finally made it back home Self preservation is a thing for me Duckin and dodgin bullets stone faces on the ones who pulled it I promise my mama I wouldnt die before she did I got my life right got my wife and then my kids But everywhere I look I see sadness Imagine tryin to raise your babies in this worldwide madness