In The Ghetto Lyrics - Rakim

Ghetto, nobody smiling, ghetto, nobody smiling 

Where you're [Incomprehensible] in hell 

Nobody smiling, ghetto, nobody smiling, ghetto 

Nobody smiling, ghetto 

Ghetto, nobody smiling, ghetto 

Where you're [Incomprehensible] in hell 

Nobody smiling, ghetto 

Where you're [Incomprehensible] in hell 

Nobody smiling 

Planet earth was my place of birth 

Born to be the sole controller of the universe 

Besides the part of the map I hit first 

Any environment I can adapt when it gets worse 

The rough gets goin' the goin' gets rough 

When I start flowin' the mic might bust 

The next state'll shake from the power I generate 

People in Cali used to think it was earthquakes 

'Cause times is hard on the boulevard 

So I bogaurd and never get scarred I'm God 

But it seems like I'm locked in hell 

Lookin' over the edge but the R never fell 

Or tripped or slipped 'cause my Nikes got grip 

I stand on my own two feet and come equipped 

Any stage I'm seen on the mic I fiend on 

I stand alone and need nothin' to lean on 

Goin' for self with 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 from it's where you at 

Even the 

Ghetto, nobody smiling, ghetto, nobody smiling, ghetto 

Where you're [Incomprehensible] in hell 

Nobody smiling 

I learn to relax in my room and escape from New York 

Came through the womb of the world as a thought 

Thinkin' how hard it was to be born 

Me being cream with no physical form 

Millions of cells with one destination 

To reach the best part that's life's creation 

Nine months later a job well done 

Make way 'cause here I come 

Since I made it this far can't stop now 

There's a will and a way and I got the know how 

To be all there is to be and more 

To see all there is to see before 

I'm called to go back to the essence 

It's a lot to learn so I studied my lessons 

I thought the ghetto was the worst that could happen to me 

I'm glad I listened when my father was rapping to me 

'Cause back in the days they lived in caves 

Exiled from the original man and strayed away 

Now that's what I call hard times 

I'd rather be here to exercise the mind 

Then I take a thought around the world twice 

From knowledge the form back to knowledge precise 

Across the desert that's hot as the Arabian 

But they couldn't cave me in 'cause I'm the Asian 

Reaching for the city of Mecca visit Medina 

Visions of Nefertiti then I seen her 

Mind keeps travelin' 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 fought and I just fought the people 

Under the darks 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 your third eye seen all of that 

It ain't where you from it's where you at 

Even the 

Ghetto, nobody smiling, ghetto, nobody smiling 

Even the 

Ghetto, nobody smiling, ghetto, nobody smiling, ghetto 

Where you're [Incomprehensible] in hell 

Nobody smiling, ghetto 

Where you're [Incomprehensible] in hell 

Nobody smiling 

Ghetto, nobody smiling 

Where you're [Incomprehensible] in hell 

Nobody smiling 

No more props I want property in every burrough 

Nobody's stoppin' me because I'm thorough 

Rhymes I make give me real estate for me to own 

Where ever I bless a microphone 

Double O seven is back and relaxin' 

On point and reactin' and ready for action 

I'm so low key that you might not see me 

Incognito and takin' it easy 

Ghetto 

Quiet is kept on a hush hush 

In front of a crowd I get loud as a bum rush 

But calm keep a low pro and play the background 

Hoping the wack rappers put the mic back down 

So rip it break it in half go ahead and slam it 

'Cause when it's time to build I'm a mechanic 

I'm bondin' and mendin' attachin' and blendin' 

So many solos there is no ending 

People in my neighborhood they know I'm good 

From London to Hollywood where ever I stood 

Footprints remain on stage ever since 

Sidewalks and streets 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 C-Lo 

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 from it's where you at 

Even the 

Ghetto, nobody smiling, ghetto, nobody smiling 

I'm from the, ghetto 

Where you're [Incomprehensible] in hell 

Word up, peace 

Nobody smiling, ghetto, nobody smiling 

Ghetto, nobody smiling 

Ghetto, nobody smiling, ghetto, nobody smiling 

Where you're [Incomprehensible] in hell 

Nobody smiling 

Ghetto, nobody smiling, ghetto, nobody smiling 

Ghetto, nobody smiling, ghetto, nobody smiling 

Ghetto, where you're [Incomprehensible] in hell