Look at me I'm winnin' nigga visible Olympics Old head speakin' through a would-be apprentice I hold my pen like a would-be appendage They say pain is the way to redemption Yeah, you want somethin' safe? Be a dentist I know goddamn well we attempted But when I learn somethin' new I forget shit "Rent it," I'm trying, but I'm saying it's expensive They said sleep was a lot like death But I looked and I just can't see the resemblance I'm hidden in at least three dimensions And I repeat it for release of the tension Yeah, I'm there like it's perfect attendance (Yeah) I'm stuck 'cause my license suspended (Yeah) I should have never tried to defend it Independence, I'm trying, I'm just saying it's expensive Ghetto in the way I talk You can never read my thoughts Ghetto in the way I slide Back to the wall, all pain I hide (I hide) Ghetto in the way I'm dumb South side, south side, where you from? (I ain't dumb) Ghetto in the way I move Bang that beat with a knife and a spoon (Just come here) Be quiet, hear the sound of the utmost Pay attention, bring it in like a tugboat Pay attention in the biz 'cause it's cutthroat You be thinking y'all friends but it's donezo Front row, chillin', we pretend like we gung-ho And see the addict got his miss on the jumbo 'Cause he a fiend like Windham Rotundo We civilized, got friends in the jungle Maybe Gang all weigh a ton though We know the unseen spark where the plug go But when the room go dark, where the love go? Chillin' like a shark in the mud though Blood flow heavy like the drama on the soaps, Telemundo They all out of rubber gloves at the drug store But where the sun go We ain't afraid, got guts full of gusto We cut it short like the glove with the thumb hole But where he go? Why I'm even on the run though? I'm tucked low, I'm in my shells like a gun show But I've been calm so far though My therapist said I came so far, yeah Ghetto in the way I talk You can never read my thoughts Ghetto in the way I slide Back to the wall, all pain I hide (I hide) Ghetto in the way I'm dumb South side, south side, where you from? (We ain't dumb) Ghetto in the way I move Bang that beat with a knife and a spoon