Ghetto (feat. Petey Pablo)

If your head is as big as Shamello's If your bank is the check cashin' place If you put on panty-hose instead of shavin' your legs If you use grease that you used over and over again If you only go to church on Easter and holidays Then you ghetto, believe that Can you be rich and be ghetto? And just 'cause you poor, do that mean that you ghetto? So people don't understand what it mean to be ghetto And if you gonna ask then you probably never know Bein' ghetto, it's just the things we do sometime Like hangin' your clothes on the oven to dry But you late, you gotta go and they ain't ready yet You put 'em on anyway and rock 'em halfway wet First you wear, then return everything you buy Always lookin' for a discount 'til the day you die Got three kids by three different guys And all they need to give you is a Mai Tai and a shot You know you ghetto when you use a wrench for a channel changer No antenna, you gotta use a metal hanger Drink from the container, put it back in the fridge Knowin' damn well the shit was wrong you did Put salt on your food before you even taste it Get a doggy bag, ghetto niggaz ain't wastin' shit You know you ghetto, no, you know you grimy When you iron dirty pants 'til them shits get shiny Can you be rich and be ghetto? And just 'cause you poor, do that mean that you ghetto? So people don't understand what it mean to be ghetto And if you gonna ask then you probably never know Can you be rich and be ghetto? And just 'cause you poor, do that mean that you ghetto? So people don't understand what it mean to be ghetto And if you gonna ask then you probably never know The ghetto's not a place, it don't matter what color you are You could be white as chalk or as black as tar And it really don't matter how much money you have You can live on Fifth Ave. and be ghetto fab You know you ghetto when your soap is the size of a chicklet Run into the kitchen wet for dishwashin' liquid The water cold 'cause they shut off all your power You know you ghetto if you pee in the shower No toilet paper, somebody used the last you had No problem, just get a Daily News or a paper bag Ball it up and crumble it, make it soft in your ass But when you flush, the toilet always gets stopped up And if you got the money, the landlord never get it We never pay the rent, yo, we almost got evicted If this shit is funny or offendin' you Chances are, it's because you're ghetto too Can you be rich and be ghetto? And just 'cause you poor, do that mean that you ghetto? So people don't understand what it mean to be ghetto And if you gonna ask then you probably never know Can you be rich and be ghetto? And just 'cause you poor, do that mean that you ghetto? So people don't understand what it mean to be ghetto And if you gonna ask then you probably never know Can you be rich and be ghetto Can you be rich and be ghetto Can you be rich and be ghetto And if you gotta ask then you probably never know Ghetto, East Coast is the ghetto West Coast is the ghetto South Side is the ghetto Everywhere is the ghetto The ghetto, the ghetto, the ghetto I'll probably die in the ghetto