[Intro: Jeezy]
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Oh, you gotta know when something related to this shit
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Oh, you aint did nothin I aint never did, nigga
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Trust me (Yeah, yeah, yeah)
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[Chorus: Jeezy]
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The ghetto
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Thats where I learned my lessons, where I got my blessings (Yeah)
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The ghetto
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Seen my first ten thousand, nigga I aint even flexin
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The ghetto
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On fire, no lighter (No lighter), hood like Al-Qaeda (Damn)
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The ghetto
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Got money on my mind (On my mind), thats why I pull them all-nighters
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In the ghetto
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[Verse 1: Jeezy]
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Old school with the pipes on it
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Pull up on the block, shoot dice on it (Damn)
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And we dont give a fuck about the polices (Nah)
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Got court in the morning, pray to sweet Jesus
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Granny cooking neck bones, throw some rice on it (On it)
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I got a fifth of brown liquor, throw some ice on it
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Gotta get your checks cashed at the liquor store (Store)
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And Im playing Cash 3 at the Texaco (Haha)
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Apartment so hot, gave your boy a tan
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Swear I just seen the homies on Gangland (Damn)
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You either on parole or probation
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The DA gonna send you on vacation (Yeah)
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Turn the water back on with some grip pliers
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All the telephone poles got club fliers (Yeah)
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Ten-year sentence, modern-day grave
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Where they still treat us like modern-day slaves
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[Chorus: Jeezy]
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The ghetto
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Thats where I learned my lessons, where I got my blessings (Yeah)
~#**************#~
The ghetto
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Seen my first ten thousand, nigga I aint even flexin
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The ghetto
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On fire, no lighter (No lighter), hood like Al-Qaeda (Damn)
~#**************#~
The ghetto
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Got money on my mind (On my mind), thats why I pull them all-nighters
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In the ghetto
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[Verse 2: E-40]
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Hot dogs, and pork and beans (Comfort food)
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Hot water cornbread and mustard greens (Soul foods)
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Skid marks from the tires (Skee-skrrt)
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Rims spinning like dryers (Aye)
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Pullin all-nighters
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We use a dope fiend match if we aint got a lighter
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Spring, fall, winter, and summer
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Always remember, a fiend never forget a phone number (Uh-uh)
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In the ghetto, when your lips is black, you either smoke too much cigarettes or do too much crack (Damn)
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Were tryna get out, and thats a fact
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Finish college, co-mack-ulations on that (Congratulations)
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My daughter, she datin a dread bro
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He activated, might get our wig split in half by the po-po (Twelve)
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We can be our own enemy (Yeah, haterism)
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Plus we dealing with white supremacy
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[Chorus: Jeezy]
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The ghetto
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Thats where I learned my lessons, where I got my blessings (Yeah)
~#**************#~
The ghetto
~#**************#~
Seen my first ten thousand, nigga I aint even flexin
~#**************#~
The ghetto
~#**************#~
On fire, no lighter (No lighter), hood like Al-Qaeda (Damn)
~#**************#~
The ghetto
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Got money on my mind (On my mind), thats why I pull them all-nighters
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In the ghetto
