Lyrics Ghetto Rich - Rich Boy, John Legend

Ghetto Rich

Shit, we tryna get it for real
Oh, Rich Boy, you niggas better get focused
Get money, muthafucka, get money, muthafucka
Let me take ya through my hood where I was born and raised
Where niggas tote semi-automatics, bustin' them K’s
Heavy guns and dope boys harassed by the police
Still gettin' pulled over and asked by the police
'Bama wasn’t made for a nigga to win
See the color of ya skin get 'cha put in the pen
It’s real life, over dice, Dwayne dead and gone
Sendin' niggas to the pen or the funeral home
I be feelin' like the Lord’ll never answer me back
So I’m holdin' on my gat just in case they attack
Bullet holes in ya house’ll make it hard to sleep
Ya see the fiends on the street want the hard for cheap
'Lotta niggas doin' life from under covers and fake friends
It’s real how them penitentiary bars’ll break men
Niggas doin' life from under covers and fake friends
It’s real how them penitentiary bars’ll break men
It’s where you live, it’s where you play
It’s where you learn your favorite slang
Your world is ghetto
It’s where I live, it’s where I’m from
It’s where you had to tote your gun
Your world is ghetto
Can’t explain how I feel growin' up in the gutter
Told my mama that I love her put nobody above her
Doin' crimes, a hard time for food on the plate
Know a couple of niggas ain’t never comin' out the gate
Movin' weight the only thing them street niggas know
Servin' thangs at school, they never teach 'em, don’t show
But a 44'll get 'cha money fast from robbin'
Do or die situation when ya tired, be stavin'
Government’d never send me a dime for school
So I went and started workin' like my nine my tool
I’m a leader for the South, pa, open ya ears
Young kids where I’m from wear permanent tears
It’s where you live, it’s where you play
It’s where you learn your favorite slang
Your world is ghetto
It’s where I live, it’s where I’m from
It’s where you had to tote your gun
Your world is ghetto
I’m a product of the block, watch the fiends come back
Got a couple white packs 'cause they fiend for that
Early five in the mornin', pigs showin' they badge
Real niggas in the street still showin' they rags
Speed bumps in the road start slowin' me down
See them fake niggas actin' like they know me now
Got a chance to advance, so I’m makin' my move
Couple o' people still thinkin' they got somethin' to prove
Pay the card for the South, yeah the hood my home
Told my mama I’ma leave the dope game alone
On my knees every night conversatin' wit God
Niggas dyin' everyday 'cause they wanna be hard
Still totin' my piece 'cause it ain’t nothin' like the movies
I’m wearin' my vest in case they hit me wit the Uzi
Even if I take a trip around the world and back
I’m representin' for the hoods where they feel me at
It’s where you live, it’s where you play
It’s where you learn your favorite slang
Your world is ghetto
It’s where I live, it’s where I’m from
It’s where you had to tote your gun
Your world is ghetto, your world, ghetto
Throw 'em up if you know what the hood like
Throw 'em up if you lookin' for that good life
Throw 'em up if ya ghetto, shit
Your world, ghetto