(feat. Rick James) 

[Busta Rhymes] 
Y'know, my homey Treach from Naughty By Nature once said 
If you ain't from the ghetto, don't COME to the fuckin ghetto 
But I'ma let one of our most immaculate tour guides 
take us ALL through the ghetto - my nigga Rick James! 

[Rick James - sampled from "Ghetto Life " + (backup singers)] 
When I was a young boy, growin up in the ghetto! 
Hangin out on corners, singin with the fellas 
Lookin for the cute chicks, tryin to find me big fun 
Lookin for some trouble, or anyone who'll give me some 
I was young and crazy! (In the ghetto) 
Didn't know what my life would be (In the ghetto) 
I was dumb and oh so lazy (In the ghetto) 
Something had a spell on me (In the ghetto) 
You all know what I'm talkin 'bout (Talkin 'bout ghetto life) 
(Talkin 'bout ghetto life) 
You all know what I'm singin 'bout (Talkin 'bout ghetto life) 
Ghetto liiiiiiiiife (Talkin 'bout ghetto life) 

[Busta Rhymes] 
(In the ghetto) Sure we be takin them chances 
While we search for the answers we be smokin them cancer sticks 
Police provokin muh'fuckers we dancin 
And we be dodgin them bullets they be poppin off at us, shit 
But yet we always romance the street 
And fall in love with the hood 'til somebody come blast the heat 
Always up to no good, so all of my fam could eat 
See in the hood we hungry - hey nigga we playin for keeps 
My soldiers on the block get on it 
It be good if you flaunt it, we will take if we want it 
See niggaz from the ghetto got a different state of mind 
With a different kind of hustle and we iller with the grind 
And develop our muscle 'til we sicker with the shine 
In the struggle, thus our money come quicker doin crime 
I see the way we rep the hood, gotta love me 
You can take me out the ghetto, but you can't take it from me 
Gotta love it 

[Chorus: Rick James + (backup singers)] 
(Talkin 'bout ghetto life) 
Ghetto liiiiiiiiife (Talkin 'bout ghetto life) 
You all know what I'm singin 'bout (Talkin 'bout ghetto life) 
Ghetto liiiiiiiiife (Talkin 'bout ghetto life) 

[Busta Rhymes] 
(In the ghetto) That's where we get into that street shit 
Hustle hard, try to get money quick (In the ghetto) 
That's where I got my name from 
I learned to get money and I got all my game from (In the ghetto) 
That's where you eat with a bunch of the wolves 
And get to hustlin as hard as you could (In the ghetto) 
Until your cake stackin shit'll get good 
Throw a block party for the whole hood (In the ghetto) 
With them burnout cellys 
Talk crazy, sell drugs in front of Pancho Deli 
Crackhead chicks still smuggle babies in they belly 
And them piss in elevators 'til the lobby all smelly (In the ghetto) 
That's where I keep my ratchets 
Get my instincts and survival tactics 
Ain't nuttin like the hood nigga, I don't care 
You survivin in the ghetto you can make it anywhere 
Gotta love it 

[Chorus] 

[Interlude: Busta Rhymes] 
To my East coast niggaz - rep your ghetto 
West coast niggaz - rep your ghetto 
Midwest niggaz - rep your ghetto 
Down South niggaz - rep your ghetto 
To my East coast niggaz - rep your ghetto 
West coast niggaz - rep your ghetto 
Midwest niggaz - rep your ghetto 
To my Dirty South niggaz - rep your ghetto 

[Busta Rhymes] 
(In the ghetto) Even though they act rude 
You'll always find a good chick to hold a brick for they dude 
Behind the bullshit, me and my clique on the move 
We honor the code of the street, and live by the rules (In the ghetto) 
Is where, all of the hood's at 
Find the most crooks and they sell the most drugs at 
Where you find beautiful women and rugrats 
And some of the most powerful people, I love that! 
C'mon 

[Outro: Rick James + (backup singers)] 
(Talkin 'bout ghetto life) 
You all know what I'm talkin 'bout (Talkin 'bout ghetto life) 
(Talkin 'bout ghetto life) 
You all know what I'm singin 'bout (Talkin 'bout ghetto life) 
Ghetto liiiiiiiiife (Talkin 'bout ghetto life) 
(In the ghetto) 

"Never mind who you thought I was, I'm Rick James BITCH! " [applause] 
"Cocaine is a hell of a drug "