[Verse 1 BLegit] A young hog in the hood playin chase Smile on his face Havin fun cuz it aint nothin like this place And you dont wanna race Fool I got the new ones on And we can run from the corner to the Newmans home And after that we goin go raid the plum tree And stick ball down where those bos be Moms got the door open bumpin Marvin Gaye Lets get it on all day everyday At night I pray Lord just let me make it And if I die before I wake, then my soul you take it Never fake it My older brother taught me game And sometimes even let the young soldier hang And as a loc My only duty was to soak And pass it on to my comrades and closest folks All friends I knew about it as a child I stood proud have you ever seen a ghetto smile? [Chorus Daryl Hall] x2 In the ghetto theres a smile Roaming through the streets Why dont my homies smile for me Ghetto [Verse 2 BLegit] Im at the junior high actin bad at the dance The slow jam got me with a woody in my pants And my baby with me Her momma used to babysit me And back then she was just plain old pretty But nowadays it seems that she done grown Jeans fitting and her perm gotta hella long Would I be wrong if I whisper and take her down And maybe play housesitter with her like the Pound Its goin down about now in the Northern Bay The OGs put it down and make they pay Flip a 68 stang with the blew out braids The only homie in the hood ridin on thangs And as I peep it things have got a little deeper And everybody and their momma done bought a beeper And then they post on the lake gettin loose and wild You know the scene its the ghetto smile [Chorus] [Verse 3 BLegit] At 18 I graduated and now Im grown About time for the dog to get his own bone I left home got a condo out on Quailridge And like a king is how this young playa live Swimmin parties in the pool with my dope to roll Wasnt trippin off nathin we was all folks Hillside in the house and we gettin perved Freestylin gettin on my neighbors nerve I love the hood so everyday Im back to visit And swoop the young so that they can come through and kick it And peep the game just as I did as a kid And watch the savage get his cabbage and place his bid And even though we fight we still remain game tight Handle business and always open for forgiveness It aint nothin like a homey you aint seen in awhile So when you meet him greet him with that ghetto smile [Outro Daryl Hall] In the ghetto theres a smile Roaming through the streets Why dont the homies smile for me Ghetto In the ghetto theres a smile All my homies smile for me Ghetto Theres a ghetto in the sky Ghetto in the sky Why dont my homies smile for me Ghetto Ghetto smile Ghetto smile Homies smile for me Ghetto
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