They say I'm a ghetto man, they call me a ghetto bastard

They say I'm a dope dealer, they say I'm a money snatcher

They call me a ghetto thug, I'm livin' the ghetto life

I'm stuck with my ghetto kids, so I married a ghetto wife

I got no education, I'm workin' a ghetto job

I live on the ghetto streets, so I run with the ghetto mob

They give me a ghetto check, three dollars, that's no respect

Not enough to survive, so I break me a ghetto neck

I pop me a ghetto shot, down on the ghetto block

Front page of the newspaper, fiend dies over ghetto rock

I'm tired of the ghetto noise, ghetto girls, ghetto boys

Hand me a shotgun 'cause them are our ghetto toys

This ghetto mentality, I live in a ghetto town

Bang to the boogie, boom, let's fight to our ghetto sound

They taught me the tricks and trades, I'm stuck in my ghetto ways

That's why hypocrites all said, "These are the ghetto days"

I move to a ghetto rock, I'm stopped by a ghetto cop

A young girl get pregnant 'cause she was brought up ghetto hot

I run with the ghetto gang, I'm kickin' the ghetto slang

They gave me a ghetto name 'cause it's a ghetto thing

And the ghetto is no joke

(Ghetto, ghetto)

They got me thinkin', how can a brother get away?

And the ghetto is no joke

(In the ghetto)

They got me thinkin', how can a brother get away?

And the ghetto is no joke

(Ghetto, ghetto)

They got me thinkin', how can a brother get away?

And the ghetto is no joke

(Ghetto, ghetto)

They got me thinkin', how can a brother get away?

They say I'm a ghetto crook, I'm kickin' the ghetto game

Ghetto babies die, damn, that's a ghetto shame

Back to the ghetto days and back to the ghetto nights

Back to the ghetto lives and back to the ghetto fights

Back to the ghetto ladies and back to the ghetto men

Back to the ghetto churches and back to the ghetto sins

Yes, it's a ghetto thing, hit with a ghetto swing

If you don't know why I say it then ask Mr. Rodney King

'Cause down in Los Angeles, the ghetto is scandalous

All cops and Uncle Toms, even they can't handle this

I go to a ghetto school, I'm keepin' it ghetto cool

I pack me a ghetto tool, gonna kill me a ghetto fool

I walk on a ghetto floor, I shop at a ghetto store

How can I pay more? I can't afford it, I'm ghetto poor

I snort me some ghetto 'caine, it messed up my ghetto veins

But I don't even know why, (Why?) 'cause it's a ghetto thing

And the ghetto is no joke

(Ghetto, ghetto)

They got me thinkin', how can a brother get away?

And the ghetto is no joke

(In the ghetto)

They got me thinkin', how can a brother get away?

And the ghetto is no joke

(Ghetto, ghetto)

They got me thinkin', how can a brother get away?

And the ghetto is no joke

(Ghetto, ghetto)

They got me thinkin', how can a brother get away?

I walk through the ghetto rain, my ghetto, am I goin' insane?

I need the ghetto bang, so I cop me some Nightrain

I'm down with my ghetto crime, I'm doin' my ghetto time

It got me goin' crazy, I'm outta my ghetto mind

I heard me a ghetto blast, straight to his ghetto head

Look in the newspaper, backstabber is ghetto dead

See, this is the ghetto scene, but still I don't understand

That 's the way it is when you're dealin' with a ghetto man

And the ghetto is no joke

(Ghetto, ghetto)

They got me thinkin', how can a brother get away?

And the ghetto is no joke

(In the ghetto)

They got me thinkin', how can a brother get away?

And the ghetto is no joke

(Ghetto, ghetto)

They got me thinkin', how can a brother get away?

And the ghetto is no joke

(Ghetto, ghetto)

They got me thinkin', how can a brother get away?

And the ghetto is no joke

(Ghetto, ghetto)

They got me thinkin', how can a brother get away?

And the ghetto is no joke

(In the ghetto)

They got me thinkin', how can a brother get away?

(Ghetto, ghetto)

(Ghetto, ghetto)