Neighborhood (Bonus Track) - Chiddy Bang
Come take a look in my neighborhood
Another day up in the ghetto
And grandma cookin'
Got the breakfast in the kettle
Was nothin' like you
Were picturin' ever before
Revenge is probably probable
They settle the score
Sh*t we don't settle for less
We settle for more
We never was ballin'
And still without the credit we score
It's Bob Marley
We just lookin' for Redemption
And we find ways to claim
The kids to get exemptions
Uh then I used to play the cookout
And then I went the book route
Now all you rappers look out
Just a Kid in the Hall Arsenio
She could give me knowledge
High definition Vimeo
I won't give a penny though
And still the boys all fuego
And what I spit is magic
Like it's Vegas at the trade show
So rollin' late is good
My homies made it good
And this is just another day up
In my neighborhood
The neighborhood ain't the same no more
Used to ride the bus now we ride on tour
Used to dress plain now we on the plane
Used to play games now we live the game
The neighborhood is just what you find
Used to open up now we headline
And even though it's crazy
I'll be just fine
And I promise you
That I'll be comin' back sometime
Come take a look at my neighborhood
See a little girl with the glow
Timidly tellin' momma
What momma already know
See momma faced
The same situation years ago
Sixteen to seventeen odd years or so
Momma was a pregnant sophomore in ninety-fo'
She worked hard went to school
And made it out the ghetto
Now momma sittin' in the living room
Trippin' fool
Wonderin' how her baby done
Got pregnant skippin' school
Momma just cried just cursed
Momma lookin' at the sky
Askin' Lord am I cursed
Am I cursed Lord not my baby
There ain't no charms in the world this crazy
The girl's ain't smart and the boy's just lazy
And unlike us they'll never make it
So momma makes the heavy-hearted decision
To take her daughter to clinic
Even though she is a Christian
The neighborhood ain't the same no more
Used to ride the bus now we ride on tour
Used to dress plain now we on the plane
Used to play games now we live the game
The neighborhood is just what you find
Used to open up now we headline
And even though it's crazy I'll be just fine
And I promise you
That I'll be comin' back sometime
Come take a look at my neighborhood
Nigerian queen named Geraldine
Made it to the US she was only eighteen
We ain't have a great scheme no MBA
And when she came she stayed at the YMCA
Go figure magna cum laude
They should honor us
Had an only daughter
With a man named Donatus
And you better swell
Had a second child
Moved to New Jersey
We could turn the sorrow to a smile
Nobody would bet me up such a juvenile
They say the middle child's
Always a little wild
But I'm only guilty of my innocence
Relate to Wyclef Memoir Of An Immigrant
From a place
Where they tell you poverty's imminent
Momma's stressed out at work
Now that's legitimate
Now they could hate the hood
My family made it good
And this is just another day up
In my neighborhood
The neighborhood ain't the same no more
Used to ride the bus now we ride on tour
Used to dress plain now we on the plane
Used to play games now we live the game
The neighborhood is just what you find
Used to open up now we headline
And even though it's crazy I'll be just fine
And I promise you
That I'll be comin' back sometime