Good Ole Ghetto
Dave Hollister Lyrics

Ha ha I know y'all can feel me on this one
I understand that you can connect with what I am about to say

'Cause I'm talking 'bout the ghetto
I will be discussing the place where I grew up

Well, well, well, well, wel, oh yeah
Expressing excitement and enthusiasm for the topic at hand

Feel me, come go with me
Understand where I'm coming from and follow me in this journey

I was about 13 as I recall
My memory takes me back to when I was around 13 years old

Just a young whippersnapper playin' ball
I was a young boy playing sports

Tryin' to hang out with the homies after dark
I wanted to spend quality time with my friends when it was late outside

We use to slap box until the street lights come on
We would have playful fights with our fists until the sun went down

And I can hear my mama yelling that it was time to come home
My mother would shout out to me to come inside the house for the night if I stayed out too late

But being young you know how hard it be was
At a young age, it was challenging to obey your parents and stick to a curfew

I can clearly remember all the other kids laughing at me
I remember others making fun of me for certain things

Because I use to wear those hand me downs
The clothes I wore were either too big or too worn, having been passed down from somebody else

But if only they can see me now
If others could see me now, they would see how I've grown and improved

And every now and then I reminisce about it
Every once in a while, I reflect on my past and where I came from

Well baby that's life as well you know
That's just part of life, as I'm sure you are aware

When you come straight from the ghetto
That's how it is for people who come from the ghetto

We ate ghetto food, we wore ghetto clothes
We had to make do with whatever food and clothes were available to us, which were often not of the best quality

Ended up being ghetto stars, driving our ghetto loads
Despite our circumstances, we were able to succeed and buy nice things

With a diamond in the back, sunroof top
We had nice cars with fancy features

Diggin' in the scene with a gansta lean ooh
We drove around in our cars with a cool and confident style

Now I can clearly remember when it was cool
I remember a time when something was popular or trendy

To do the Hammer dance
The Hammer dance was a popular dance move at one point in time

And everybody wore those pants
The type of pants that people were wearing were fashionable and trendy

But back then I just couldn't afford it
At the time, I did not have enough money to buy those kinds of things

But its all good in the hood you know
Despite it all, everything is still okay in the neighborhood where I come from

Especially when your from the ghetto
This is particularly true when you come from an area like the ghetto

Hey yo, hey yo, give me some of that
Can I have a little bit of that?

Lookin' back as a kid again, hangin' in the hood again
I'm reminiscing about being a kid, spending time with my friends in the neighborhood

'Cause these are our sweet ghetto memories
These are cherished memories from our time living in the ghetto

Talking 'bout the ghetto, talking 'bout the ghetto
I'm discussing and referring to the ghetto

{Ha ha, yeah this song goes out to all my homies
This song is dedicated to all my friends

Who are locked up and all my homies who are passed away
To those who are in prison or who have died

Rest in peace
I hope they are at rest and at peace

Ha yeah, yeah from the Goodfellas Family
This is from the Goodfellas Family

To you and yours, so ghetto}
For you and your loved ones, who may come from the ghetto

Hey yo, good ol' ghetto
The good old days in the ghetto