In The Ghetto (Album Version) Busta Rhymes, Rick James

[00:01.35] (Feat. Rick James)
[00:01.56] [Busta Rhymes]
[00:02.52] Y'know, my homey Treach from Naughty By Nature once said
[00:07.15] If you ain't from the ghetto, don't COME to the fuckin ghetto
[00:11.53] But I'ma let one of our most immaculate tour guides
[00:13.52] Take us ALL through the ghetto - my nigga Rick James!
[00:16.64] [Rick James - sampled from "Ghetto Life" + (backup singers)]
[00:18.41] When I was a young boy, growin up in the ghetto!
[00:21.10] Hangin out on corners, singin with the fellas
[00:24.51] Lookin for the cute chicks, tryin to find me big fun
[00:29.02] Lookin for some trouble, or anyone who'll give me some
[00:33.53] I was young and crazy! (In the ghetto)
[00:38.10] Didn't know what my life would be (In the ghetto)
[00:42.18] I was dumb and oh so lazy (In the ghetto)
[00:46.17] Something had a spell on me (In the ghetto)
[00:50.35] You all know what I'm talkin 'bout (Talkin 'bout ghetto life)
[00:52.40] (Talkin 'bout ghetto life)
[00:55.03] You all know what I'm singin 'bout (Talkin 'bout ghetto life)
[01:03.74] Ghetto life (Talkin 'bout ghetto life)
[01:08.26] [Busta Rhymes]
[01:09.30] (In the ghetto) Sure we be takin them chances
[01:12.98] While we search for the answers we be smokin them cancer sticks
[01:14.10] Police provokin muh'fuckers we dancin
[01:15.49] And we be dodgin them bullets they be poppin off at us, shit
[01:17.27] But yet we always romance the street
[01:19.14] And fall in love with the hood 'til somebody come blast the heat
[01:21.10] Always up to no good, so all of my fam could eat
[01:23.19] See in the hood we hungry - hey nigga we playin for keeps
[01:25.63] My soldiers on the block get on it
[01:27.90] It be good if you flaunt it, we will take if we want it
[01:29.96] See niggaz from the ghetto got a different state of mind
[01:31.69] With a different kind of hustle and we iller with the grind
[01:33.77] And develop our muscle 'til we sicker with the shine
[01:35.49] In the struggle, thus our money come quicker doin crime
[01:37.74] I see the way we rep the hood, gotta love me
[01:40.40] You can take me out the ghetto, but you can't take it from me
[01:42.41] Gotta love it
[01:44.19] [Chorus: Rick James + (backup singers)]
[01:45.71] (Talkin 'bout ghetto life)
[01:51.42] Ghetto life (Talkin 'bout ghetto life)
[01:53.00] You all know what I'm singin 'bout (Talkin 'bout ghetto life)
[01:54.03] Ghetto life (Talkin 'bout ghetto life)
[01:59.25] [Busta Rhymes]
[02:00.00] (In the ghetto) That's where we get into that street shit
[02:02.02] Hustle hard, try to get money quick (In the ghetto)
[02:03.32] That's where I got my name from
[02:06.05] I learned to get money and I got all my game from (In the ghetto)
[02:07.32] That's where you eat with a bunch of the wolves
[02:10.36] And get to hustlin as hard as you could (In the ghetto)
[02:12.30] Until your cake stackin shit'll get good
[02:14.09] Throw a block party for the whole hood (In the ghetto)
[02:15.85] With them burnout cellys
[02:18.58] Talk crazy, sell drugs in front of Pancho Deli
[02:20.09] Crackhead chicks still smuggle babies in they belly
[02:21.85] And them piss in elevators 'til the lobby all smelly (In the ghetto)
[02:24.34] That's where I keep my ratchets
[02:26.84] Get my instincts and survival tactics
[02:28.84] Ain't nuttin like the hood nigga, I don't care
[02:30.54] You survivin in the ghetto you can make it anywhere
[02:32.88] Gotta love it
[02:34.84] [Chorus: Rick James + (backup singers)]
[02:36.01] (Talkin 'bout ghetto life)
[02:38.87] Ghetto life (Talkin 'bout ghetto life)
[02:40.82] You all know what I'm singin 'bout (Talkin 'bout ghetto life)
[02:42.82] Ghetto life (Talkin 'bout ghetto life)
[02:48.54] [Interlude: Busta Rhymes]
[02:49.86] To my East coast niggas - rep your ghetto
[02:51.67] West coast niggas - rep your ghetto
[02:53.89] Midwest niggas - rep your ghetto
[02:55.68] Down South niggas - rep your ghetto
[02:58.12] To my East coast niggas - rep your ghetto
[03:00.12] West coast niggas - rep your ghetto
[03:02.38] Midwest niggas - rep your ghetto
[03:05.38] To my Dirty South niggas - rep your ghetto
[03:06.60] [Busta Rhymes]
[03:07.80] (In the ghetto) Even though they act rude
[03:09.36] You'll always find a good chick to hold a brick for they dude
[03:11.13] Behind the bullshit, me and my click on the move
[03:13.36] We honor the code of the street, and live by the rules (In the ghetto)
[03:15.62] Is where, all of the hood's at
[03:17.85] Find the most crooks and they sell the most drugs at
[03:19.35] Where you find beautiful women and Rugrats
[03:21.88] And some of the most powerful people, I love that!
[03:23.87] C'mon
[03:25.16] [Outro: Rick James + (backup singers)]
[03:26.17] (Talkin 'bout ghetto life)
[03:27.86] You all know what I'm talkin 'bout (Talkin 'bout ghetto life)
[03:29.42] (Talkin 'bout ghetto life)
[03:30.91] You all know what I'm singin 'bout (Talkin 'bout ghetto life)
[03:33.65] Ghetto life (Talkin 'bout ghetto life)
[03:35.14] (In the ghetto)
[03:42.28] "Never mind who you thought I was, I'm Rick James, bitch" [applause]
[03:46.65] "Cocaine is a hell of a drug"
[03:53.39]