ohh yeaahhh
whoaaa-ho-ohhhhhhh
i wonder what my life would be if i. had that paaaper
i'm just a ghetto boy
a little ghetto boy
they tell me it's like
the money
power; money and power
how can this world rotate without this money and power?
if i had money
i'd keep my peoples outta poverty
cause ain't no more starvin' when y'all around me
this what it gotta be b
and every playa got paper
shinin' like a superstar
with matchin' minks and gators
keepin' our family off this poor table
cause ain't no food on it
and every crab up in this bucket gotta move on it
i'm just a ghetto boy
livin' in this ghetto world
stayin' with' this ghetto chick
hopin' to have a ghetto girl
and after all
ain't no spaces for that
how can we live up in this world
when ain't no place for the blacks?
cause every dollar got a dream behind it
we seem to be blinded
malcom x
he had to dream to remind us
believe me
havin' money can have this world fucked up
but it can't answer yo' prayers
when you get down on yo' luck
i wonder what my life would be if i. had that paaaper
i'm just a ghetto boy
a little ghetto boy
now if i live on top of the world
shinin' like
diamonds and pearls
still a ghetto boy
a little ghetto boy
i done lived my life up in the
ghetto
mama workin' hours
tryina feed a
family
daddy's in and out
takin' baths with' broken showers
next-door neighbor gave us the vapors
callin' cops
cause we known to plot
break in they home
on some bogus capers
but i never thought that it would affect me later
until i seen the hustle
when niggas ridin' stretch navigators
but
more now then later
i should come up
cause i seen my homie on the block
slangin' rocks
and then his spot get gunned up
i never visioned it'd be homicide
because they told me he'll live
that's what they said when my homie boosie died
could all these millions bring my nigga back?
could all these millions feed children?
could all these millions make my spirit fat?
would all my friends become my enemies?
when my family becomes astonished
will my strengths becomes an enemy?
is this pretend to be? "