[00:01.48]Artist：eric b. & rakim
[00:02.67]Songs Title：in the ghetto
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[00:23.28]Planet earth was my place of birth
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[00:44.48]Born to be the sole controller of the universe
[00:47.29]Besides the part of the map I hit first
[00:49.47]Any a rhyme that I can adapt when it gets worst
[00:52.34]The rough gets going, the going gets rough
[00:54.16]When I start flowing, the mic might bust
[00:57.28]The next state, I shake from the power I generate
[00:59.45]People in cali used to think it was earthquakes
[01:01.83]cause times was hard on the boulevard
[01:05.14]So I vote God and never get scarred and gauled
[01:07.82]But it seems like Im locked in hell
[01:09.93]Looking over the edge but the r never fell
[01:12.56]A trip to slip cause my nikes got grip
[01:15.05]Stand on my own two feet and come equip
[01:17.68]Any stage Im seen on, a mic I fiend on
[01:20.17]I stand alone and need nothing to lean on
[01:22.86]Going for self wit a long way to go
[01:25.36]So much to say but I still flow slow
[01:27.84]I come correct and I wont look back
[01:30.16]cause it aint where youre from, its where
[01:31.91]Youre at
[01:32.59]Even the （ghetto）
[01:43.13]I learn to relax in my room and escape from new york
[01:45.57]And return through the womb of the world as a
[01:47.76]Thought
[01:47.94]Thinking how hard it was to be born
[01:50.38]Me being queen wit no physical form
[01:53.62]Millions of cells wit one destination
[01:55.99]To reach the best part, its life creation
[01:58.68]9 months later, a job well done
[02:01.79]Make way, cause here I come
[02:03.85]Since I made it this far, I cant stop now
[02:06.22]Theres a will and a way and I got the know-how
[02:08.78]To be all I can be and more
[02:11.21]And see all there is to see before
[02:13.97]Im called and go back to the essence
[02:16.51]Its alot to learn so I study my lessons
[02:18.83]I thought the ghetto was the worst that could
[02:21.26]Happen to me
[02:22.07]Im glad I listen when my father was rapping to me
[02:24.26]cause back in the days, they lived in caves
[02:26.50]Exiled from the original man, a straight way
[02:28.19]Now thats what I call hard times
[02:31.74]I rather be here to exercise the mind
[02:34.12]Then I take a thought around the world twice
[02:36.55]From knowledge newborn back to knowledge precise
[02:39.05]Across the desert, thats hot as the arabian
[02:41.92]But they couldnt cave me in cause Im the asian
[02:44.66]Reaching for the city of mecca, visit medina
[02:46.29]Visions of neffertiti then I seen a
[02:49.41]Mind keeps traveling, Ill be back after i
[02:52.03]Stop and think about the brothers and sisters in
[02:54.34]Africa
[02:54.83]Return the thought through the eye of a needle
[02:57.45]For miles I thought and I just fought the people
[03:00.14]Under the dark skies on a dark side
[03:02.44]Not only there but right heres an apartheid
[03:04.07]So now is the time for us to react
[03:07.26]Take a trip through the mind and when you get back
[03:10.06]Understand youre third eye seen all of that
[03:12.06]It aint where youre from, its where youre at
[03:14.49]Even the （ghetto）
[03:16.80]Even the （ghetto）
[03:20.05]No more props, I want property
[03:47.14]In every borough, nobodys stopping me
[03:50.32]Because Im thorough, rhymes are making real estate
[03:53.01]For me to own
[03:54.07]Wherever I bless a microphone
[03:55.13]007 is back and relaxing
[03:58.31]On point n reactin and ready for action
[04:00.37]Im so low key that you might not see me
[04:03.61]Incognito and taking it easy
[04:06.29]Quiet, its kept on a hush hush
[04:08.85]In front of a crowd, I get loud, theres a bumrush
[04:10.79]Be calm, keep a low pro, and play the background
[04:14.03]Hopin the wack rapperll put the mic back down
[04:16.10]So rip it, break it in half, go head and slam it
[04:19.41]cause when its time to build, Im a mechanic
[04:21.46]Im bonding and mending, attaching and blending
[04:23.40]So many solos, there is no ending
[04:25.27]People in my neighborhood, they know Im good
[04:28.82]From london to hollywood, wherever I stood
[04:30.76]Footprints remain on stage ever since
[04:33.94]As I walk the street, I leave fossils and dents
[04:36.88]When I had sex, I left my name on necks
[04:39.31]My trademark was left throughout the projects
[04:41.87]I used to get rich when I played celo
[04:44.24]When I rolled 4, 5, 6, they go we know
[04:47.11]So I collect my cash then slide
[04:49.54]I got my back, my guns on my side
[04:52.85]It shouldnt have to be like that
[04:54.40]I guess it aint where youre from, its where
[04:56.65]Youre at
[04:57.03]Even the （ghetto）
[05:02.21]Im from the （ghetto）
[05:35.90]Word up, peace