In the Ghetto
Rakim

Ghetto, nobody smiling, ghetto, nobody smiling

Where you're [Incomprehensible] in hell

Nobody smiling, ghetto, nobody smiling, ghetto

Nobody smiling, ghetto


Ghetto, nobody smiling, ghetto

Where you're [Incomprehensible] in hell

Nobody smiling, ghetto

Where you're [Incomprehensible] in hell

Nobody smiling


Planet earth was my place of birth

Born to be the sole controller of the universe

Besides the part of the map I hit first

Any environment I can adapt when it gets worse


The rough gets goin' the goin' gets rough

When I start flowin' the mic might bust

The next state'll shake from the power I generate

People in Cali used to think it was earthquakes


'Cause times is hard on the boulevard

So I bogaurd and never get scarred I'm God

But it seems like I'm locked in hell

Lookin' over the edge but the R never fell


Or tripped or slipped 'cause my Nikes got grip

I stand on my own two feet and come equipped

Any stage I'm seen on the mic I fiend on

I stand alone and need nothin' to lean on


Goin' for self with a long way to go

So much to say but I still flow slow

I come correct and I won't look back

'Cause it ain't where you from it's where you at


Even the

Ghetto, nobody smiling, ghetto, nobody smiling, ghetto

Where you're [Incomprehensible] in hell

Nobody smiling


I learn to relax in my room and escape from New York

Came through the womb of the world as a thought

Thinkin' how hard it was to be born

Me being cream with no physical form


Millions of cells with one destination

To reach the best part that's life's creation

Nine months later a job well done

Make way 'cause here I come


Since I made it this far can't stop now

There's a will and a way and I got the know how

To be all there is to be and more

To see all there is to see before


I'm called to go back to the essence

It's a lot to learn so I studied my lessons

I thought the ghetto was the worst that could happen to me

I'm glad I listened when my father was rapping to me



'Cause back in the days they lived in caves

Exiled from the original man and strayed away

Now that's what I call hard times

I'd rather be here to exercise the mind


Then I take a thought around the world twice

From knowledge the form back to knowledge precise

Across the desert that's hot as the Arabian

But they couldn't cave me in 'cause I'm the Asian



Reaching for the city of Mecca visit Medina

Visions of Nefertiti then I seen her

Mind keeps travelin' I'll be back after I

Stop and think about the brothers and sisters in Africa



Return the thought through the eye of a needle

For miles I fought and I just fought the people

Under the darks skies on a dark side

Not only there but right here's an apartheid


So now is the time for us to react

Take a trip through the mind and when you get back

Understand your third eye seen all of that

It ain't where you from it's where you at


Even the

Ghetto, nobody smiling, ghetto, nobody smiling

Even the

Ghetto, nobody smiling, ghetto, nobody smiling, ghetto

Where you're [Incomprehensible] in hell


Nobody smiling, ghetto

Where you're [Incomprehensible] in hell

Nobody smiling

Ghetto, nobody smiling

Where you're [Incomprehensible] in hell

Nobody smiling


No more props I want property in every burrough

Nobody's stoppin' me because I'm thorough

Rhymes I make give me real estate for me to own

Where ever I bless a microphone


Double O seven is back and relaxin'

On point and reactin' and ready for action

I'm so low key that you might not see me

Incognito and takin' it easy

Ghetto


Quiet is kept on a hush hush

In front of a crowd I get loud as a bum rush

But calm keep a low pro and play the background

Hoping the wack rappers put the mic back down


So rip it break it in half go ahead and slam it

'Cause when it's time to build I'm a mechanic

I'm bondin' and mendin' attachin' and blendin'

So many solos there is no ending


People in my neighborhood they know I'm good

From London to Hollywood where ever I stood

Footprints remain on stage ever since

Sidewalks and streets I leave fossils and dents


When I had sex I left my name on necks

My trademark was left throughout the projects

I used to get rich when I played C-Lo

When I rolled 4, 5, 6 they go we know


So I collect my cash then slide

I got my back my gun's on my side

It shouldn't have to be like that

I guess it ain't where you from it's where you at


Even the

Ghetto, nobody smiling, ghetto, nobody smiling

I'm from the, ghetto

Where you're [Incomprehensible] in hell

Word up, peace

Nobody smiling, ghetto, nobody smiling

Ghetto, nobody smiling


Ghetto, nobody smiling, ghetto, nobody smiling

Where you're [Incomprehensible] in hell

Nobody smiling

Ghetto, nobody smiling, ghetto, nobody smiling

Ghetto, nobody smiling, ghetto, nobody smiling

Ghetto, where you're [Incomprehensible] in hell


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  Addictive   Addictive (So Contagious)   Addictive-Truth Hurts   Adiós   After You Die   All Night Long   Amigo   As the Rhyme Goes On   Casualties of War   Cold Feeling   Concrete Jungle   Dedicated   Dime   Documentary Of A Gangsta   Don't Call Me   Don't Sweat The Technique (Live)   Don't' Sweat The Technique   Down   Down (remix) ft Ken-Y   Eric B Is President   Eric B. Is President   Eric B. Is President [Album Version]   Euphoria   Finest Ones   Finest Ones [Featuring Clark Kent]   Flow Forever   Follow the Leader   From New York To Cali   Guess Who's Back   Guess Who's Back (Alternative Mix)   Guess Who's Back?   Guess Whos Back   Guilty All the Same   Heat It Up   Hip Hop   Holy Are U   Holy Are You   How I Get Down   How To Emcee   I Ain't No Joke   I Am   I Get Visual   I Know   I Know You Got Soul   I Walk These Streets   I'll Be There   I'll Bust 'em, You Punish 'em   Intro   It' Been a Long Time (Suave House Mix)   It's a Must   It's Been a Long Time   It's Been A Long Time (Suave House Mix)   It's Nothing   It's Nothing (Live)   It's the R   It"S The R   Juice *   Juice (Know the Ledge)   Juice (Know The Ledge) *   Know the Ledge   Let the Rhythm Hit 'Em   Let The Rhythm Hit Em   Living For The City   Lyrics of Fury   Mahogany   Man Above   Message In The Song   Microphone Fiend   Microphone Fiend [Album Version]   Move The Crowd   Murderer   Musical Massacre   My Melody   Mystery   Mystery (Who Is God?)   Mystery (Who Is God)   Nena   New York   New York (Ya Out there?)   New York (Ya Out There)   New York To Cali   Outro   Outro (The 18th Letter)   Paid in Full   Paid in Full [Mini Madness-The Coldcut Remix][*]   Paid in Full [Seven Minutes of Madness - the Coldc...   Pasado   Pensando en Ti   Poco A Poco   Psychic Love   Pull It All to Music   Put It All To Music   R.A.K.I.M.   Real Shit   Remember That   Saga Begins   Satisfaction Guaranteed   Show Me Love   Skit - *   State of Hip Hop Interlude   State Of Hip-Hop Interlude   Stay a While   Stay Awhile   Still In Love   Strong Island   Sueltate   Take The Train   The 18Th Letter   The 18th Letter (Always and Forever)   The Militia Ii   The Militia II (Remix)   The Mystery (Who Is God?)   The Punisher   The Saga Begins   The Skit - *   The Skit - (dialogue) *   Up Lift   Uplift   Waiting For The World To End   Walk These Streets   We'll Never Stop   We’ll Never Stop   What's Going On   What's On Your Mind   What's On Your Mind (Live)   Whats Goin On   When I B on Tha Mic   When I Be On The Mic   When I Be On The Mic (Single Version)   When I'm Flowin   When I'm Flowin'   Won't Be Long   Word On The Sreet   Word On The Street   Working For You   You And I   You Know the Deal

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