Said thys is my True ghetto thys is my story Real ghetto Hey
See, I was poor like many men who didn't have notin' Came to America trying to make sometin' sometin' See we Africans we love Found my way up to da top like it wasn't
And hooked up wit some Puerto Ricans up in We use to be laa baw and pot see Had a lot sometin', after union city In a of projects in NYC
I remember those days when was my home When me and bed was a big piece a foam An mi never like bathe and my hair comb When mama gone a work me go go roam
I remember when dem tek me snow cone An mek him likkle dem kick up Jerome I remember we visit dem wid pure big stone An the boy Danny pop out weh full chrome
But dats no than to play around me And knew I kept the AK around me And I moved out to da to find more cheese And I found out Cars make more dan
I remember we run, Fatta get him knee blown An mi friend Richie get, two inna him dome I remember so the tun inna warzone An, Mickey madda fly him out, cau she get a
(What?) But, Mickey go to and go tun Al Capone Mek whole a money and sen in our own Now a we a the city and, that is well known Yesterday call me pan mi phone Mi say
Wi get di ting dem, dem outta now Mi squeeze seven and the a dem a duck now (This a story) Wi have whole heap a extra clip cau we nuh now (True story) Rah, rah, rah, rah
(Said my story) Wi get di ting dem, so dem rate wi (Akon Story) Cau we a tek it to wicked of lately (This is my story) And now the whole community a greatly (Real story) Rah, rah, rah, rah Hey
I remember '80, Jamaica explode When a Trinity and Hewitt dem a run road That a long before Laing dem and Bigga Ford When Adams dem a Corporal nuh know the code
I when we rob the chiney shop down the road An rumour it sey the chiney man have a sword But we did a one pop wey make outta board So you know the next day mama pot
How that be? Shop, in the city call me the relieve Never of flee hotter po po styll caught up wit me But then I got up
Then I was boxed out Broke us some locked out, they let me out but Two Years later my brother skrew got up And got the whole block like now wat Rah
Jamaica get screw, tru greed an Politics manipulate and press yutes But we rich now ,so dem caan man notin Cuz a we a mek mama a nyaam an' mutton, ehh
Ova dehso mek mi tell some'in Tru mi dey a foreign now a guy me cousin An mi sey TD deh dey but him sey he wasnt Anytime mi fly down him a get bout 'cause
Wi get di ting dem, dem outta now Mi squeeze and the whole a dem a duck now (This a story) Wi have whole a extra clip cau we nuh bruk now (True story) Rah, rah, rah, rah
(Said my story) Wi get di ting dem, so dem haffi wi (Akon Story) Cau we a tek it to them of lately (This is my story)
And now the whole community a greatly (Real story) Rah, rah, rah, rah Hey
I remember days when hell was my home When me and mama bed was a big piece a An mi never like bathe and my hair comb When mama a work me go street go roam
I remember when Danny dem tek me cone An mek him likkle dem kick up Jerome I when we visit dem wid pure big stone An the boy Danny pop out something weh chrome
I remember we run, Fatta get him knee blown An mi friend Richie get, two inna him dome I remember so the avenue tun warzone An' madda fly him out, cau she get a loan
But, Mickey go to and go tun Al Capone Mek whole heap a and sen in our own Now a we a lock the and, that is well known Yesterday call me pan mi phone Mi say