Every Ghetto, Every City Lyrics - Singles - Lauryn Hill

I was just a little girl 

Skinny legs, a press and curl 

My mother always thought I'd be a star 

But way before my record deal, 

The streets that nurtured Lauryn Hill 

Made sure that I'd never go too far 

Every ghetto, every city and suburban place I've been 

Make me recall my days in the New Jerusalem 

Story starts at Hootaville grew up next to Ivy Hill 

When kids were stealing quartervilles for fun 

Kill the guy in Carter park 

Rode a Mongoose 'til it's dark 

Watching kids show off the stolen ones 

Every ghetto, every city and suburban place I've been 

Make me recall my days in New Jerusalem 

You know it's hot, don't forget what you've got 

Looking back, 

Looking back, looking back, looking back 

You know it's hot, don't forget what you've got 

Looking back 

Looking back, looking back, looking back 

A bag of Bontons, twenty cents and a nickel 

Springfield Ave. had the best popsicles 

Saturday morning cartoons and Kung-Fu 

Main street roots tonic with the dreds 

A beef patty and some coco bread 

Move the patch from my Lees to the tongue of my shoe 

'Member Frelng-Huysen used to have the bomb leather 

Back when Doug Fresh and Slick Rick were together 

Looking at the crew, we thought we'd all live forever 

You know it's hot, don't forget what you've got 

Looking back 

Looking back, looking back, looking back 

You know it's hot, don't forget what you've got 

Looking back 

Looking back, looking back, looking back 

Drill teams on Munn street 

Remember when Hawthorne and Chancellor had beef 

Moving Records was on Central Ave. 

I was there at dancing school 

South Orange Ave. at Borlin pool 

Unaware of what we didn't have 

Writing your friends' names on your jeans with a marker 

July 4th races off of Parker 

Fireworks at Martin stadium 

The Untouchable P.S.P., where all them crazy niggas be 

And car thieves got away through Irvington 

Hillside brings beef with the cops 

Self-Destruction record drops 

And everybody's name was Muslim 

Sensations and '88 attracted kids from out-of-state 

And everybody used to do the wop 

Jack, Jack, Jack ya body 

Nah, the Biz Mark used to amp up the party 

I wish those days, they didn't stop 

Every ghetto, every city and suburban place I've been 

Make me recall my days in New Jerusalem 

You know it's hot, don't forget what you've got 

Looking back 

Looking back, looking back, looking back 

You know it's hot, don't forget what you've got 

Looking back 

Looking back, looking back, looking back 

You know it's hot, don't forget what you've got 

Looking back 

Looking back, looking back, looking back 

Looking back, looking back, looking back 

Looking back, looking back, looking back 

Looking back, looking back, looking back 

Looking back, looking back, looking back 

Looking back, looking back, looking back