Ghetto Thang Lyrics - 3 Feet High And Rising - De La Soul

POS: 

(Mary had a little lamb) 

That's a fib, she had two twins though 

And one crib 

Now she's only fourteen, what a start 

But this effect is ground common in these parts 

Now life in this world can be such a bitch 

And dreams are often torn and shattered and hard to stitch 

Negative's the attitude that runs the show 

When the stage is the G-H-E-T-T-O 

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DOVE: 

Which is the one to blame when bullets blow 

Either Peter, Jane, or John or Joe 

But Joe can't shoot a gun, he's always drunk 

And Peter's pimping Jane, and John's a punk 

Infested are the halls, also the brains 

Daddy's broken down from ghetto pains 

Mommy's flying high, the truth is shown 

The kids are all alone 

'Cause it's just the ghetto thang 

IT'S JUST THE GHETTO THANG (WORD) 

POS: 

Who ranks the baddest brother, the ones who rule 

This title is sought by the coolest fool 

Define coolest fool? Easy, the one who needs 

Attention in the largest span and loves to lead 

Always found at the jams, but never dance 

Just provoke violence due to one glance 

The future plays no matter, just the present flow 

When the greeting place is the G-H-E-T-T-O 

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DOVE: 

Lies are pointed strong into your skull 

Deep within your brain against the wall 

To hide or just erase the glowing note 

Of how to use the ghetto as a scapegoat 

Truth from Trugoy's mouth is here to scar 

Those who blame the G for all bizarre 

So open up your vents and record well 

For this is where we stand, for the True tell 

Ghetto gained a ghetto name from ghetto ways 

Now there could be some ghetto gangs and ghetto play 

If ghetto thang can have its way in ghetto range 

Then there must be some ghetto love and ghetto change 

Though confident they keep it kept, we know for fact 

They lie like ghettos form, 'cause people lack 

To see that they must all get out the ghetto hold 

The truth they never told 

'Cause it's just the ghetto thang 

IT'S JUST THE GHETTO THANG (WORD) 

POS: 

Do people really wish when they blow 

Out the cake candles, and if so 

Is it for the sunken truth which could arise 

From out the characters in which the ghetto hides 

Roses in the ring supply their shown relief 

Granted it's planted by their shown belief 

Kill and feed off your own brother man 

Has quickly been adopted as the master plan 

Posses of our people has yet to provoke 

Freedom or death to them, it's just a joke 

What causes this defect, I don't know 

Maybe it's the G-H-E-T-T-O 

IT'S JUST THE GHETTO THANG (WORD) 

Standing in the rain is nothing felt 

When problems hold more value, but never dealt with 

Buildings crumbling to the ground 

Impact noise is silent sound 

But who's the one to say this life is wrong 

When ghetto life is chosen strong 

We seem to be misled about our dreams 

But dreams ain't what it seem 

When it's just the ghetto thang 

IT'S JUST THE GHETTO THANG (WORD)