I was on the block right, wasn't in my right mind Just a young nigga, hustlin', tryna get mines Movin' with the 9 double m Niggas like "You don't really wanna fuck with him" Yeah, young teenager, 'fatuated with paper Yeah I had to get it, cause momma, she wasn't able Black and white TV set, no cable Forties in the fridge, chicken noodles on the table I wasn't born with a silver spoon Child of the ghetto, raised off a different tune Watchin' Bob Barker in my living room If "The Price Was Right", I could get you a whole living room Yeah, them was my gutter ways back in the gutter days No education, but the gutter pays Through it all came a long way From sellin' the yay', fist fights to gun play Back then
[Chorus:] in the ghetto(x6) i comes from the bottom, but now im on top and nobodys gonna stop me yo i comes from the ghetto where all of my niggas will roll up in the spot the g-ghetto
[Verse 2: Lil Wayne] Yeah Times is torn as it is That's why I got guns, and my guns got kids That's why I be goin' so tough on them hoes I play my own hand, I don't shuffle or fold Fuck with a nigga, let go fuck with some hoes Hear them bitches screamin' like they stuck in a hole I am not a deamon, but was once a lost soul 'Til I found myself a block away from the cross road I have, outgrown the fishbowl And I'm on my feet like a fuckin insole Yeah it may hurt like a fuckin' left no But it's "fuck the world", like a fuckin nympho And we spend dough, cause we make more And I make sure, when I say so It's Jay Rock and Weezy, need I say more Closeline the beat tear, DB I say flow Yeah
[Chorus:] in the ghetto(x6) i comes from the bottom, but now im on top and nobodys gonna stop me yo i comes from the ghetto where all of my niggas will roll up in the spot the g-ghetto [Verse 3: Jay Rock] Jay Rock, still that same O.G. I ain't tryna see the grave or the penitentary Everyday living, tryna stay on my feet Even though a nigga paid, but my heart in the streets See my dogs I'm a beast, so hard on these beats So my family can eat, I'll be damned if I see No income, here come Jay Rock, they know crack music Drug kingpin flow, oh
[Lil Wayne:] Kingpin hoe, need I say more Your family could die, when I say go (go) Green light green light, whatcha green like? Before ya size me up, get the seam right And I just hop in the phantom when I'm being nice Cause drivin' slow in the Lam', it doesn't seem right Yeah, and I remember them long nights Livin' the wrong life, but I made that wrong right Weezy!
[Bridge:] All the struggling All it does is keep my hustling, oh my
[Chorus:] in the ghetto(x6) i comes from the bottom, but now im on top and nobodys gonna stop me yo i comes from the ghetto where all of my niggas will roll up in the spot the g-ghetto