We the best, I represent the hood I represent the ghetto I represent the people I represent you, listen All the money in the world couldn't change me No diamond rings or them fancy cars' Cause my *** in the hood woulda let me Holler this because(I'm from the ghetto) I'm from the ghetto(I'm from the projects) I'm from the projects All over the world and every hood they know I'm from the ghetto and that's fo sho'(I'm from the ghetto) I'm from the ghetto(I'm from the projects) I'm from the projects All over the world and every hood they know I'm from the ghetto and that's fo sho'(I'm from the ghetto) Yeah, that's what got me here The chucks, the khaki suits, all the swap meet years The six dollar socks, the five dollar *** Uncle Greg rest in peace, he taught me how to chop That's why I love the hood and everything we got From the ice cream trucks to the forty ounce tops All white Air Force Ones to fake Jacob watch A few reasons I drive the Bentley hard top Use it in my songs 'cause I live it on the block Tattoo it on my face, let the whole world watch I'm that type of *** y'all made my city bigger, dawg Turn the T V off, got tired of watchin' Jigga boss So we told our mom's, we was lookin' for jobs We was really in the record store lookin' for NasProject of the ghetto, ghetto and the project From Compton to being Dre's number one prospect so All the money in the world couldn't change me No diamond rings or them fancy cars' Cause my *** in the hood woulda let me Holler this because(I'm from the ghetto) I'm from the ghetto(I'm from the projects) I'm from the projects All over the world and every hood they know I'm from the ghetto and that's fo sho'(I'm from the ghetto) I'm from the ghetto(I'm from the projects) I'm from the projects All over the world and every hood they know I'm from the ghetto and that's fo sho'(I'm from the ghetto) Ain't no help there, just food stamps Weight checks and welfare Every man gone for self there You still might need to borrow Your medicate card for Health Care Yeah, if you never got knocked then you made it Everybody know each other if not they related You can get shot or get bladed There's dudes that got jobs now that had blocks in the eighties Six months, five years for you just to cop out Ninth, tenth grade is usually when *** drop out Fights break out when you wired and start joking A lot of O G's retired and started smokin' House party games of spade sweet Kool-AidLoud music all night till the boys in blue raid So therefore, I could never be too paid And I know where I'm going and where I'm from will get you laid All the money in the world couldn't change me No diamond rings or them fancy cars' Cause my *** in the hood woulda let me Holler this because(I'm from the ghetto) I'm from the ghetto(I'm from the projects) I'm from the projects All over the world and every hood they know I'm from the ghetto and that's fo sho'(I'm from the ghetto) I'm from the ghetto(I'm from the projects) I'm from the projects All over the world and every hood they know I'm from the ghetto and that's fo sho'(I'm from the ghetto) Tell me this, how come, black folks get a little dough And forget where they come from? Man, we used to have good times But since you moved on up, yes, you ain't cool with us We still support you know, we don't see you much You ain't the first fool, it's cool with us? But while you living out your idol dreams Remember how far you came and help you keep them thangs Now it's cool that your address changed But I'm tryna holla at my dog but the number ain't the same I guess new homies came with his fame But see, true homies will stay the same Through all the up's and down's in your career A couple wives, few kids scattered here and there And when you dead or broke without a deal All the groupies cleared, the ghetto still be here All the money in the world couldn't change me No diamond rings or them fancy cars' Cause my *** in the hood woulda let me Holler this because(I'm from the ghetto) I'm from the ghetto(I'm from the projects) I'm from the projects All over the world and every hood they know I'm from the ghetto and that's fo sho'(I'm from the ghetto) I'm from the ghetto(I'm from the projects) I'm from the projects All over the world and every hood they know I'm from the ghetto and that's fo sho'(I'm from the ghetto) DJ Kali, that *** GameTrick Daddy, Jadakiss We the best We represent the ghetto The projects, Kool and Dre on the tracks We the best