[Verse One:]
[00:21.56]Here's a tune about this honey named Renee
[00:23.38]That I met one day
[00:24.59]On my way back from John Jay
[00:26.30]I'm peepin' shorty as she's walking to the train
[00:28.72]I tap her on her shoulders
[00:29.85]Excuse me Miss, but can I get your name
[00:31.50]She said my name is Renee
[00:33.07]I said I got a whole lot to say
[00:34.64]So may I walk you to your subway
[00:36.88]She said if you want
[00:38.21]So yo, we started talking
[00:39.19]I brought two franks and two drinks
[00:40.84]And we began walking
[00:42.18]I had to see where that head was at
[00:44.16]Because the gear was mad phat
[00:45.40]So we must chat about this and that
[00:47.18]She told me what she was in school for
[00:49.33]She wants to be a lawyer
[00:50.66]In other words shorty studies law
[00:52.09]I'm telling shorty I'm a writer
[00:54.28]And as she's looking for the token
[00:55.67]She drops a package of the EZ Rider
[00:57.66]Covers her mouth with her name ring
[00:59.28]I said, yo don't sweat the technique shorty rock
[01:01.78]I do the same thing
[01:02.71]But yet I use Philly Blunts
[01:04.32]She said I never dealt with Philly Blunts
[01:06.48]Because I heard that's for silly stunts
[01:08.05]I said, nah they burn slower
[01:09.80]Right now I really don't know ya
[01:11.35]But maybe later on I can get to show ya
[01:13.14][Chorus:]
[01:13.39]A ghetto love is the law that we live by
[01:16.01]Day by day I wonder why my shorty had to die
[01:18.37]I reminice over my ghetto princess everyday
[01:21.18]Give it up for my shorty
[01:23.15]A ghetto love is the law that we live by
[01:26.21]Day by day I wonder why my shorty had to die
[01:28.84]I reminice over my ghetto princess everyday
[01:31.66]Give it up for my shorty
[01:33.32][Verse Two:]
[01:33.53]Now we sittin' on train
[01:35.90]Besides the fingernails
[01:37.32]Now shorty got the hairdo of pain
[01:39.47]Now understand she got flava
[01:41.33]A tough leather jacket,with some jeans
[01:43.11]And a chain that her moms gave her
[01:44.73]Got off the train about 6:34
[01:46.68]She wasn't sure she had grub for the dog so we hit the store
[01:49.84]Went to the crib
[01:50.72]And turned the lights on
[01:51.79]A crazy magazine stand
[01:53.22]From Essence to Right On
[01:54.88]A leather couch
[01:56.07]Stero system with crazy cd's
[01:57.71]Understand kid
[01:58.57]She got cheese
[02:00.36]She said cheeks do what you want
[02:01.56]She said I'm gonna feed the dog
[02:03.63]I said alright well I'm gonna roll this blunt
[02:05.55]She came back with strech pants and a ponytail, a t-shirt
[02:08.36]A yo, Fam I got a tender-roni girl
[02:10.65]We're sitting on the couch chattin
[02:12.49]We're smoking blunts on her balcony
[02:14.34]We're stearing at Manhattan
[02:16.18]She started feeling on my chest
[02:17.80]I started feeling on her breasts
[02:19.28]And there's no need for me to stress the rest
[02:21.09]A yo, I got myself a winner
[02:22.78]We sparked a blunt before we ate
[02:24.68]And a blunt after we ate dinner
[02:26.36]She had a tattoo she only wanted Bo to see
[02:28.86]But first dim the lights and turn up the Jodeci
[02:31.55]I'm like whatever shorty rock
[02:33.19]We can swing it like that
[02:34.31]Cause on the real this is where it's at.
[02:36.70][Chorus]
[02:36.90]A ghetto love is the law that we live by
[02:39.32]Day by day I wonder why my shorty had to die
[02:41.94]I reminice over my ghetto princess everyday
[02:44.54]Give it up for my shorty
[02:47.04]A ghetto love is the law that we live by
[02:49.57]Day by day I wonder why my shorty had to die
[02:52.25]I reminice over my ghetto princess everyday
[02:55.14]Give it up for my shorty
[02:56.99][Verse Three:]
[02:57.40]I woke up the next day on the waterbed
[03:00.25]A letter's on the pillow
[03:01.03]And this what the letter said
[03:02.58]It said cheeks, I'll be home around two
[03:05.20]You was deep in your sleep
[03:06.38]So I didn't want to bother you
[03:07.89]I left a number for shorty to call me later
[03:10.20]Got dressed
[03:10.58]Smoked a blunt
[03:11.47]Then I bounced to the elevator
[03:12.98]I got a beep around three
[03:14.60]I'm asking shorty what's up with you
[03:16.89]She's asking what's up with me
[03:18.34]And now we been together for weeks
[03:20.34]Candlelight dinner with my shorty
[03:21.95]Crack a 40 with my naughty freaks
[03:23.78]A man, I never been in love
[03:25.42]But everytime I'm burstin' in and outta state
[03:27.31]It's shorty that I'm thinking of
[03:29.07]I'm hanging out with my crew
[03:30.80]I get a beep from Renee
[03:32.03]Because Renee uses code two
[03:34.14]But yet I'm chattin' with her mom dukes
[03:36.11]She said Renee has been shot
[03:37.52]So cheeks, meet me up at St. Lukes
[03:39.28]I jumps on the Van Wyck
[03:40.39]I gotta make it there quick
[03:42.85]A yo , this shit is gettin' mad thick
[03:44.52]Not even thinking about the po nine
[03:46.23]I'm doing a buck
[03:47.81]Who gives a fuck
[03:48.34]I'm smokin' boom and the whole nine
[03:49.68]I gotta see what's going on
[03:51.28]But by the time I reach the hospital
[03:53.22]They tell me Mr. Cheeks
[03:55.08]Renee is gone
[03:55.99]I'm pouring beer out for my shorty who ain't here
[03:57.80]I'm from the ghetto
[03:58.38]So listen
[03:59.16]This is how I shed my tears
[04:00.44][Chorus]
[04:00.61]A ghetto love is the law that we live by
[04:02.97]Day by day I wonder why my shorty had to die
[04:05.37]I reminice over my ghetto princess everyday
[04:07.94]Give it up for my shorty
[04:10.50]A ghetto love is the law that we live by
[04:13.27]Day by day I wonder why my shorty had to die
[04:15.78]I reminice over my ghetto princess everyday
[04:18.74]Give it up for my shorty
[04:21.17]A ghetto love is the law that we live by
[04:23.74]Day by day I wonder why my shorty had to die
[04:26.39]I reminice over my ghetto princess everyday
[04:29.22]Give it up for my shorty
[04:31.75]A ghetto love is the law that we live by
[04:34.24]Day by day I wonder why my shorty had to die
[04:36.81]I reminice over my ghetto princess everyday
[04:39.71]Give it up for my shorty