| Would you like to go with me?
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| Down my dead end street?
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| Would you like to come with me?
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| To village ghetto life?
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| Lemmie tell you bout the village where I dwell iz a…
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| Living hell still tryin to make a heaven outta diz rite here
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| Watching fo' the postman hopin' fo' paper
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| Please stop the bus mr. |
| driver… wait up we got…
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| Rock fights where the dead end meets
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| The stop lights is out so its dead in the streets
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| The countyline look long but im kinda hungry
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| So I pack a sack lunch and got on
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| Late for class again its half past 10 and
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| Moms gonna whoop mah ass again
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| Now and then I get the feelin that the world is mine
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| I start sittin back watchin time fly by but uh…
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| But Im so proud to say. |
| that the ghetto is the reason that im loud today
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| And you could come get a glimpse of whats happenin'
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| See for yourself how it is where i live at
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| Would you like to go with me?
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| Down my dead end street?
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| Would you like to come with me?
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| To village ghetto life?
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| It shouldnt take long to see
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| The place that belongs to me
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| Its all good, aint nuttin like home to me
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| Know the coma but uh. |
| i got some knowledge out of
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| My other partners that made it up outta here
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| And not a whole lot of us get rich
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| But like the old saying goes aint life a bitch?
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| Aw shit! |
| the landlord just raised the rent fuck dat!
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| Dem old days that came and went like this
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| Theres mo ways you can use your time instead of
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| Looking for shit that you used to find
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| By the age of 16 ya finally come to grips
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| Livin life like this and nuttin else mean shit
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| Looking for a smooth getaway
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| Cool cuz soon ill see a better day
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| And if not… then i gots to deal with it
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| I aint makin this up hell naw its real nigga
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| Would you like to go with me?
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| Down my dead end street?
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| Would you like to come with me?
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| To village ghetto life?
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| No more suprises hopin i can open your eyes
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| And so im trying instead of lookin up in the sky
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| Im in the fast lane speed dreaming
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| Nappin on cruise control please believe it!
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| In my city when you see it that night
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| Look different than it does in the day
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| Aint no tellin what had happened if it wasnt this way
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| I aint trippin off of shit its a good thang
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| I made a name off the local neighborhood gang
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| And at that time i started rhyming and.
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| Set up a hill without help to start clownin'
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| And ive been around this for a minute
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| You gotta get ur own mix and get wit it
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| I made myself learn to pay myself
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| Nigga the game dont wait so ima stay myself
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| And now you can go and tell another nigga
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| Of how the real ones is livin in the ghetto
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| Would you like to go with me?
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| Down my dead end street?
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| Would you like to come with me?
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| To village ghetto life?
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| Would you like to go with me?
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| Down my dead end street?
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| Would you like to come with me?
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| To village ghetto life? |