| New day same thing, we got people in the streets
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| But the governmeny ain’t doin' a damn thing, and all we investing in is
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| Hydro and liquor stores SS 4 doors and 24's
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| But where I’m from thats what we live for, the ghetto so
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| If you’re livin in the ghetto and your feelin me
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| Let me hear you say OH, OH, OH
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| If you’re sick and tired of the same thing
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| It’s alright to say OH, OH, OH
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| Cuz you know the Po Po’s the project and the old folk
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| That waht we see 24 in the ghetto, corner spots crack rocks and gun shots
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| Good time the bad times the same place with the sam rhymes
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| You need to stop waitin' round for the punch line
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| Cuz ain’t nothin change but the time
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| Ain’t nothing changed same place same thang, just a different day in the ghetto
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| I know cuz I been there on the same block in the same gear
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| Drinkin', smokin', wishin', hopin
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| And if you’re gettin sick and tired of the same thing
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| It’s alright to say OH, OH, OH
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| If you’re livin' in the ghetto and you’re feelin me
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| Let me hear you say OH, OH, OH
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| Now what you know about the block after dark in the park
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| The holes in ya shoes makin holes in ya socks
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| Roaches in the kitchen wit no food for ya pots
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| Or ya hands on ya head gettin pressed by the cops
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| What you know about the hood when it’s good when it ain’t
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| Sittin in the stoop witcha weed and ya drank
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| With the old winos askin if you got change
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| But if you ask me ain’t shit changed
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| I done seen plenty of cats get they ass knocked out
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| If you come round here better not run your mouth
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| I ain’t never been a thug but I still get down
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| Shots to SE to uptoen
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| What you know about rent when it can’t get paid
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| Ya can’t get a coupe so you get a Chevrolet
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| And ya momma on her knees all she can do is pray
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| But where I’m from this is life same shit different day |