The Ghetto

[Krayzie] Kill me, son Yo, it's on Come follow me to the ghetto (Dedicated to the hustlers) Come follow me to the ghetto (Hustlers in the hood) Come follow me to the ghetto (To the projects) 1 - Come follow me to the ghetto But this ain't a place that everybody can go (You got to be a thug to know the love in the ghetto, ghetto) Come follow me to the ghetto No this ain't the place that everybody can go (I say you got to be a thug to know the love in the ghetto, ghetto) Come follow me to the ghetto But this ain't a place that everybody can go (You got to be a thug to know the love in the ghetto, ghetto) Come follow me to the ghetto Nope this ain't the place that everybody can go (I say you got to be a thug to know the love in the ghetto, ghetto) What a wonderful day off in the neighborhood G-double O-D good mornin' to ya (Wake up) get up, hey there, whassup? Let's take a stroll through this place we call home And everybody be knowin' your name The PJ, where we tryin' to survive Of all our good times after workin' all day So we hangin' all night, drinkin' Feelin' all right from the love in our community You're a friend to me keepin' it real Is what we done to get by day You watch my back, you back is got What a nigga from, it's like that It ain't all good, then again, it ain't all bad It's hard times, but some of the best times we don' had Now can you feel me? Repeat 1 And I gotta give my love to the projects nigga, feel me We should let him know we ain't forgot It's about this on your block When they got a fist full a rocks, runnin' from the cops Keepin' it real, they try to come up with a hundred dollar bill If not, anything to get a meal is all right It's all about that bank roll Cuz when you're broke low, only the strongest survive I know people who vanish, so just do what you need Just demand to sit public or when they get business And if it's illegal, just play with your fears I hope I'm forgiven for robbin' and stealin' Stickin' your butts up for 50s and 20s Dollars, quarters, shit, even pennies, it don't make a difference I'm hungry, just give me, y'all feel that? Casualtie's caps get peeled back It's wild down here where we live at Real quick you could get killed, that's the way it goes You never know Givin' my peace to hustlers strugglin' in the ghetto, ah Tryin' to make that money, what we'll do to make that money Repeat 1 What you know about hard time? What you know about the hard time? What they know about hard time? Say, what you know about that hard time? I can feel it, feel it Hard time What they know about the hard time? What they know about hard time? Say, what you know about that hard time? I can feel it, feel it [O] Supercat told you that the ghetto's real hot But you's didn't listen So we gotta deliver another rendition For instance, everybody knows how it go 1st of the Month, don't front, you did there before The place where random family confront you Cops will try to hunt you Cats will try to pump you and stunt you Nobody wants you to succeed, just fail The crabs in the bedroom theory Clearly the ghetto has it's ills, but hear me The streets is where I learned to chase goals instead of my tail Learned I wanted to sell lyrics instead of Yale Studio time instead of time in the cell I was compelled to excel But to appreciate heaven, gotta see hell Repeat 1 until end [Krayzie] Yeah, yeah, yeah Bone Thugs-n-Harmony comin' back atcha in the '99 DJ U-Neek, Krayzie Bone Shouts out to my true T.H.U.G.S Layzie, Bizzy, Wish, Flesh Bone Thugs-n-Harmony Representin' every thug Every hustler Every ghetto Across the USA (Got to be a thug to know the love in the ghetto)