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Ghetto No More

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Hip-Hop/Rap

Ghetto No More was released on March 9, 2014 by Disrupt as a part of the album Rebel with a Cause

Song Details

AlbumRebel with a Cause

Release DateMarch 9, 2014

LabelDisrupt

LanguageEnglish

Melodicness

Acousticness

Valence

Danceability

Energy

BPM149

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[Verse 1]

Honestly, I was on a robbing spree

Ended up in solitary, came out, started thinking logically

My dog said the jailhouse softened me, possibly

I was the raw type

So poor I never had a score five, what else but pure crime?

Kicked out of school and still awake before nine

This was before grime, I couldn't spit then

I used to try but I was shit then

[Verse 2]

I used to listen to them jungle tapes, then when rumble came

I was a target just 'cause I had a humble face

But I never crumbled, ay, I had my borer

Stick it in a body like it's Flora

Then disappear like Wizadora

Who would've thought that I'd become a performer?

(Which one of you thought that?)

I left victims in trauma

I was the boy on the front line, never see me in the corner

[Verse 3]

Some people tell me I change every day

I never sacrificed this much to remain the same

You can take the boy out the ghetto

But you can't take the ghetto out the boy

Ghetto no more, no more

Ghetto no more, no more

[Verse 4]

I'm taking it back to Stratford McDonald's

Twenty brothers outside, nines, bats and bottles

Scars on my chin, scars on my shins

From being handcuffed, lying flat on the cobble, pigs

Usual suspects, crew full of roughnecks

Who would've knew I was destined for musical success?

You ever visualized something as beautiful as sunset?

Now ghetto no more's the only suitable subject

[Verse 5]

I'm just a brother tryna change the game

You, you're just another brother that the game has changed

Day to day, so many people ask me why I've changed my name

They claim it's for the mainstream, however it may seem

Let me set the record straight, every step I take

They reminded me I'm ghetto but the people in the ghetto say

"Ghetto ain't ghetto no more," so I'm stuck between

A rock and a hard place, even I've had enough of me

[Verse 6]

Some people tell me I change every day, no, no

I never sacrificed this much to remain the same

Whoa, you can take the boy out the ghetto

But you can't take the ghetto out the boy

Ghetto no more, no more

Ghetto no more, no more

[Verse 7]

And now it seems like everybody's losing respect (Why's that?)

'Cause I'm using my head (What they saying?)

They're saying G-H, he's changed, he's losing his edge

Them boy first salute me instead

Fame isn't great, my face is bait

And I ain't gonna make them same mistakes

That I made in the past but because of music I won't make 'em again

I'm making a change

Playing it safe, I won't be contained in a cage, I'm free

And it's staying that way (See?)

[Verse 8]

I went from wigging up apes to playing in raves

Last week I was on the plane to LA (First class, rude boy)

And they wanna ask what's happening

I say "Nothing much, I'm traveling"

Through air like a javelin, all because I'm talented

Ain't seen the whole world but my home's a hotel

The Hilton, the Malmaison, the Ritz and Radisson

All this without any management, it baffles them

And now it's time to reap the benefits

And overdose on extravagance

[Verse 9]

Some people tell me I change every day, no, no

I never sacrificed this much to remain the same, no

You can take the boy out the ghetto

But you can't take the ghetto out the boy

Ghetto no more, no more

Ghetto no more, no more

[Verse 10]

Some people tell me I change every day, no, no

I never sacrificed this much to remain the same

Whoa, you can take the boy out the ghetto

But you can't take the ghetto out the boy

Ghetto no more, no more

Ghetto no more, no more

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