Lil’ Ghetto Boy (Remix)

Lyrics

[Intro: sample] "The ghetto..." "The ghetto..." "The ghetto..." "The ghetto..." "The ghetto..." "The ghetto..." "The ghetto..." "The ghetto..." [Verse 1: Snoop Dogg] Wake up, jumped out my bed I'm in a two man cell with my homie Lil' 1/2 Dead Murder was the case that they gave me Dear God, I wonder, can you save me? I'm only eighteen, so I'm a young buck It's a riot, if I don't scrap, I'm gettin' stuck But that's the life of a G, I guess Esés way deep, shanked two in the chest Best run, 'cause brothers is droppin' quicker – uh... Too late, damn, down goes another nigga Bouncin' off the walls, throwin' them dogs Gettin' that rep, as a young hog It ain't nothin' like the street life You better be strapped with your shank, 'cause ain't no fist fight So I guess I gots to handle mine Since I did the crime, I gots to do my time [Chorus: O-Genius aka Nino Brown, Daz, (Donny Hathaway sample)] We run game in the ghetto We gets high in the ghetto You'd get shot in the ghetto You might get stuck in the ghetto Them say me grow up to be nothin' Look at me now and tell me what you see I am what I am, it's only me ("Lil' ghetto boy...") [Verse 2: Dr. Dre] Now I'm holdin' a dub, sittin' on swoll' Twenty-seven years old, up for parole Stroll – I'm back up on my feet With my mind on the money that I'll be makin' soon as I touch the streets Things done changed on this side Remember they used to thump, but now they blast, right? But it ain't no thang to me 'Cause now I'm what they call a loc'ed-assed O.G.  The lil' homies from the hood with grip Are the ones I get with, 'cause I'm down to set trip "Nigga, I'm bigger than you, so what you wanna do?" Didn't know he had a twenty-two Straight sittin' behind his back I grabbed his pockets and then I heard six caps I fell to the ground, with blood on my hands I didn't understand How a nigga so young could bust a cap I used to be the same way back I guess that's what I get (For what?) For tryin' to jack the lil' homies for they grip [Chorus: O-Genius aka Nino Brown, Daz, (Donny Hathaway sample)] We run game in the ghetto We gets high in the ghetto You'd get shot in the ghetto You might get stuck in the ghetto Them say me grow up to be nothin' Look at me now and tell me what you see I am what I am, it's only me ("Lil' ghetto boy...") [Verse 3: Snoop Dogg] Somethin' for the real O.G.'s to get with Some facts, made our made, now you runnin', but I'm played Like every single day – really, though You know me, I'm the smooth mack-a-damien, gamin' them for my homie No need in bein' calm if you pack right And learnin' just enough to keep your sack right Late nights, I wonder what they gettin' for? Early mornin' on the corners, what they hittin' for? Seven young G's put they serve down In a G ride, East Side's where they swerve now Not thinkin' about what's really goin' on Got crept on, stepped on, now they gone I spent four years in the county With nothin' but convicts around me But now I'm back at the Pound And we expose ways for the youth to survive Some think it's wrong, but we tend to think it's right So make all them ends you can make 'Cause when you're broke, you break – check it out So ain't no need for your mama to trip 'Cause you's a hustlin'-ass youngster, clockin' your grip [Chorus: O-Genius aka Nino Brown, Daz, (Donny Hathaway sample)] We run game in the ghetto We gets high in the ghetto You'd get shot in the ghetto You might get stuck in the ghetto Them say me grow up to be nothin' Look at me now and tell me what you see I am what I am, it's only me ("Lil' ghetto boy...") Them say me grow up to be nothin' Look at me now and tell me what you see I am what I am, it's only me ("Lil' ghetto boy...") [Outro: Snoop Dogg, (sample)] That's the life of a G, I guess ("The ghetto...") That's the life of a G, I guess ("The ghetto...") That's the life of a G, I guess ("The ghetto...") That's the life of a G (Of a G... of a G...) That's the life of a G, I guess ("The ghetto...") That's the life of a G (Of a G... of a G...) That's the life of a G, I guess ("The ghetto...") That's the life of a G That's the life of a G, I guess ("The ghetto...") That's the life of a G ("The ghetto...") That's the life of a G, I guess ("The ghetto...")