I wonder where my life would be if i... had that paper Im just a ghetto boy A lil' ghetto boy (verse 1) They tell me its like the money pow money and power How can this world rotate without this money and power If i had money I'd keep my peoples out the poverty 'cause ain't no more starvin wen ya'll around me... sh** This world ain't gotta be me And every playa got paper Shinin like a super star wit matchin links and gators Keepin our family off this poor table 'cause ain't no food on it And every crap up in this bucket gotta move on it (im just a ghetto boy) livin in this ghetto world Stayin wit this ghetto chik Hopin to have a ghetto girl And after all there ain't no spaces for that How can we live up in this world where d'ain't no place for the blacks 'cause every dollar gotta dream behind it We seem to be blinded Malcom X he had the dream to remind him... believe me Havin money could have this world f**ked up But it can answer your prayers wen u get down on your luck (chorus) I wonder where my life would be if i, had that paper Im just a ghetto boy A Lil' Ghetto Boy
Now if i lived on top of the world Shinin like diamonds and pearls Im still a ghetto boy A Lil' Ghetto Boy (verse 2) I done lived my life up in the, ghetto Momma workin hours Tryina feed a family Dady's in and out Takin baths with broken showers Next door neighbor gave us the vapors Callin cops 'cause we on the block Breakin they home on sum broken cables But i never thought that it would affect me later Until i seen the hustle where n***as ridin stretched navigators But now then later i should come up 'cause i seen my homie one the block slangin rocks and then i spot the gunna I never visioned it'd be homicide Be'cause they told me he'll live Thats wut they told me wen my homie Boosy died Could all these miges bring my n***a back? Could all these million features Would all my friends become my enemy Would my family become astonished with all these strengths that come into me Is this pretend to be A vivid a magically A vivid a magically I wonder (chorus) Back in the days when i was poor Im not poor anymore But sum days i sit and wish that i was poors again(x2)