A young hog in the playin' chase, smile on his face Havin' fun it ain't nothin' like this place and you don't wanna race Fool I got the new on And we can run from the corner to the home
And after that we goin' go raid the plum And stick ball down where bos be got the door open bumpin' Marvin Gaye Let's get it on all day
At I pray, Lord, just let me make it And if I die I wake Then my soul, you it fake it
My older brother taught me And sometimes even let the young soldier As a loc, my only was to soak And pass it on to my comrade and closest All friends I knew it as a child I stood proud have you ever seen a smile?
In the ghetto a smile roamin' through the streets Why the homies smile for me? Ghetto, hey, yeah In the ghetto there's a smile roamin' the streets Why don't the smile for me? Ghetto, hey
I'm at the junior actin' bad at the dance The slow jam got me with a woody in my And baby with me, her Momma used to me And then she was just plain old pretty
But it seems like she done grown Jeans fitting and her perm gotta long Would I be wrong if I whisper and take her And maybe play house sitter with her the Pound
It's down about now in the Northern Bay The OG's put it down and make pay Flip a 68 'stang with the blew out The only homey in the ridin' on thangs
And as I peep it thangs have got a deeper And everybody and their Momma bought a beeper And then they post on the gettin' loose and wild You know the scene it's the smile
In the ghetto there's a smile through the streets Why don't the homies smile for me? Ghetto, hey, In the ghetto there's a smile through the streets Why don't the homies for me? Ghetto, hey
At 18 I graduated and now I'm time for the dog to get his own bone I left home got a out on Quail ridge And a king is how this young playa live
Swimmin' parties in the with my dope to roll Wasn't off nathin' we was all folks Hillside in the house and we perved gettin' on my neighbor's nerves
I love the hood so I'm back to visit And swoop the young so that they can come and kick it And peep the game as I did as a kid And watch the get his cabbage and place his bid
And even though we we still remain game tight Handle business and always open for It ain't nothin' like a homey you ain't in awhile So when you meet him greet him with ghetto smile
In the ghetto a smile roamin' through the streets Why the homies smile for me? Ghetto In the ghetto a smile, oh All the homies smiles for me,
There's a ghetto in the sky, in the sky But all the smile for me, ghetto The ghetto smile, the smile Homies for me And the smile for me