In The Ghetto Lyrics by Rakim

In The Ghetto Lyrics

    Planet earth was my place of birth
    Born to be the soul controller of the universe
    Besides the part of the map i hit first
    Any a rhyme that i can adapt when it gets worst
    The rough gets going, the going gets rough
    When i start flowing, the mic might bust
    The next state, i shake from the power i generate
    People in cali used to think it was earthquakes
    'cause times was hard on the boulevard
    So i vote god and never get scarred and gauled
    But it seems like i'm locked in hell
    Looking over the edge but the r never fell
    A trip to slip 'cause my nikes got grip
    Stand on my own two feet and come equip
    Any stage i'm seen on, a mic i fiend on
    I stand alone and need nothing to lean on
    Going for self wit 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're from, it's where you're at
    Even the (ghetto)

    I learn to relax in my room and escape from new york
    And return through the womb of the world as a thought
    Thinking how hard it was to be born
    Me being queen wit no physical form
    Millions have settled wit one destination
    To reach the best part, it's life creation
    9 months later, a job well done
    Make way, 'cause here i come
    Since i made it this far, i can't stop now
    There's a will and a way and i got to know how
    To be all i can be and more
    And see all there is to see before
    Called and go back to the essence
    It's alot to learn so i study my lessons
    I thought the ghetto was the worst that could happen to me
    I'm glad i listen when my father was rapping to me
    'cause back in the days, they lived in caves
    Exile from the original man, a straight way
    Now that's what i call hard times
    I rather be here to exercise the mind
    Then i take a thought around the world twice
    From knowledge to born back to knowledge precise
    Across the desert, that's how to store a radiant
    But they couldn't cave me in 'cause i'm the asiant
    Reaching for the city, a mecca, visit medina
    Visions of neffertiti then i seen a
    Mind keeps traveling, 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 thought and i just fought the people
    Under the dark 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 you're third eye seen all of that
    It ain't where you're from, it's where you're at
    Even the (ghetto)
    Even the (ghetto)

    No more props, i want property
    In every borough, nobody's stopping me
    Because i'm thorough, rhymes are making real estate for me to own
    Wherever i bless a microphone
    007 is back and relaxing
    On poignant reacting and ready for action
    I'm so low key that you might not see me
    Incognito and taking it easy
    Quiet, it's kept on a hush hush
    In front of a crowd, i get loud, there's a bumrush
    Be calm, keep a low pro, and play the background
    Over the wack rapper, put the mic back down
    So rip it, break it in half, go head and slam it
    'cause when it's time to build, i'm a mechanic
    I'm bonding and mending, attaching and blending
    So many solos, there is no ending
    People in my neighborhood, they know i'm good
    From london to hollywood, wherever i stood
    Footprints remain on stage ever since
    As i walk the street, 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 celo
    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're from, it's where you're at
    Even the (ghetto)
    I'm from the (ghetto)
    Word up, peace

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