Da Ghetto

[Intro: Jeezy]

Oh, you gotta know when something related to this shit

Oh, you ain't did nothin' I ain't never did, nigga

Trust me (Yeah, yeah, yeah)

[Chorus: Jeezy]

The ghetto

That's where I learned my lessons, where I got my blessings (Yeah)

The ghetto

Seen my first ten thousand, nigga I ain't even flexin'

The ghetto

On fire, no lighter (No lighter), hood like Al-Qaeda (Damn)

The ghetto

Got money on my mind (On my mind), that's why I pull them all-nighters

In the ghetto

[Verse 1: Jeezy]

Old school with the pipes on it

Pull up on the block, shoot dice on it (Damn)

And we don't give a fuck about the polices (Nah)

Got court in the morning, pray to sweet Jesus

Granny cooking neck bones, throw some rice on it (On it)

I got a fifth of brown liquor, throw some ice on it

Gotta get your checks cashed at the liquor store (Store)

And I'm playing Cash 3 at the Texaco (Haha)

Apartment so hot, gave your boy a tan

Swear I just seen the homies on Gangland (Damn)

You either on parole or probation

The DA gonna send you on vacation (Yeah)

Turn the water back on with some grip pliers

All the telephone poles got club fliers (Yeah)

Ten-year sentence, modern-day grave

Where they still treat us like modern-day slaves

[Chorus: Jeezy]

The ghetto

That's where I learned my lessons, where I got my blessings (Yeah)

The ghetto

Seen my first ten thousand, nigga I ain't even flexin'

The ghetto

On fire, no lighter (No lighter), hood like Al-Qaeda (Damn)

The ghetto

Got money on my mind (On my mind), that's why I pull them all-nighters

In the ghetto

[Verse 2: E-40]

Hot dogs, and pork and beans (Comfort food)

Hot water cornbread and mustard greens (Soul foods)

Skid marks from the tires (Skee-skrrt)

Rims spinning like dryers (Aye)

Pullin' all-nighters

We use a dope fiend match if we ain't got a lighter

Spring, fall, winter, and summer

Always remember, a fiend never forget a phone number (Uh-uh)

In the ghetto, when your lips is black, you either smoke too much cigarettes or do too much crack (Damn)

We're tryna get out, and that's a fact

Finish college, co-mack-ulations on that (Congratulations)

My daughter, she datin' a dread bro

He activated, might get our wig split in half by the po-po (Twelve)

We can be our own enemy (Yeah, haterism)

Plus we dealing with white supremacy

[Chorus: Jeezy]

The ghetto

That's where I learned my lessons, where I got my blessings (Yeah)

The ghetto

Seen my first ten thousand, nigga I ain't even flexin'

The ghetto

On fire, no lighter (No lighter), hood like Al-Qaeda (Damn)

The ghetto

Got money on my mind (On my mind), that's why I pull them all-nighters

In the ghetto