Big Ed - Ghetto Thang lyrics

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 n***as thats dead and in the pen The ghetto won't change , they label me the dope man I slang raps but the feds think its c**aine Tap my phone , these hoes won't leave me alone n***a gon legit , so stay off the ding dong Independent , thats why they hate me A million man ghetto march for Master P So f** rap pages ( dont know ) Yall didn't want to see a n***a make it off the streets Thats why you'll never see P on MTV Top 40 , but n***as yall know me Number 1 in every mom and pop and billboard record store So f** yall playa hatin hoes Gimme a pen , a pad , and ill make a hit Show every n***a in the ghetto how to get rich Cause yall dont know what go on behind closed doors White folks pimp n***as like hoes But tru n***as , say f** 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 wasn't mine Time to go n***a 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 n***as got me caught up in This ghetto thang Silk: See I ain't got no money up in my pocket How the f** ima stop it Ima get the Glock and co*k 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 shouldn't rob a n***a , I might k** yah See up on the block I rides deep on gold thangs These n***as be trippin up on my sh** and they'll jack you like it ain't no Thang See im from the city where n***as be salty and they stay faulty like wires And I ain't seen a gangsta retire yet On a bet , threw my cothes up on the floor and I sweat Trust nobody cause these n***as today will smoke you like a cigarette Now bet , rest in peace to all homies that didn't make it Took life for granted , an I panic while seeing n***as with ski masks We blast with ski masks and bust a cap into they weak a** Everyday struggle and I stay hustlin like a pan handler f** it if I took a chance to get dead like cancer I betta not chance it Slik , just another n***a tryin to make it up out the ghetto (Chorus) 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 wouldn't 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 (chorus) 6x