Ghetto Story Remix (feat Akon)

[Akon]
Said this is my story,

[Cham]
True ghetto story

[Akon]
Said this is my story,

[Cham]
Real ghetto story
Hey

[Verse 1]
[Akon]
See I was born poor like many men who had nothing
Came to America trying to make something outta nothing
See we Africans, we love hunting
Found my way to the top like it was nothing
And teamed up with some Puerto Ricans up in Jersey
We used to call it la baw and pot see
Had a lot after something after Union City
In a couple of projects in NYC

[Cham]
I remember those days when Hell was my home
When me and Mama's bed was a big piece of foam
And I never liked to bathe and my hair never combed
When Mama went to work, I roamed the streets alone
I remember when Danny brought me a snow cone
And made his little brothers kick up Jerome
I remember when we visited them with big stones
And the boy Danny pulled out something full chrome

[Akon]
But that's no better than to play around me
And knew I kept the AK displayed around me
And I moved out to the eight to find more cheese
And I found out cars make more than weed

[Cham]
I remember when we ran, Fatta got his knee blown
And my best friend Richie got two in his dome
I remember the avenue turned into a warzone
And Mickey's mom flew him out, 'cause she got a loan
(What?) But Mickey went abroad and turned Al Capone
Made a whole lot of money and sent it back home
Now we run the city and that is well known
Yesterday Mickey called me on my phone
I said Mickey.....

[Chorus]
[Cham]
We got the things
They're outta luck now
I squeeze seven and they all duck now (This is a Survival Story)
We have a whole lot of extra clips 'cause we ain't broke now (True Ghetto Story)
Rah...Rah..Rah...Rah
[Akon]
(Said this is my story)
[Cham]
We got the things, so they gotta respect us (Akon's Story)
'Cause we been taking it to them hard lately (This is my story)
And now the whole community is living greatly (Real ghetto story)
Rah...Rah..Rah...Rah
Hey..

[Verse 2]
I remember 'bout '80, Jamaica exploded
When Trinity and Tony Hewitt were running the road
That was long before Laing and even Bigga Ford
When Adams were Corporals, didn’t know the road code
I remember when we robbed the Chinese shop down the road
And rumors had it that the Chinese man had a sword
But we had a pop gun made outta board
So you know the next day Mama's pot overflowed

[Akon]
How could that beeeee
Shops in the city call me the relief
Never thought of fleeee
Some hot cops caught up with me
But then I got locked up
Then while I was boxed out
Broke us some locked out
Then they let me out but
Two years later my brother's crew got shot up
And got the whole block royal like now what

Rahhhhh

[Cham]
Jamaica got screwed, through greed and glutton
Politics manipulate and press youth's buttons
But we rich now, so they can't tell us nothing
'Cause we making Mama eat fish and mutton..Ehhhh
Over there let me tell you something...
'Cause I'm here in foreign now a guy killed my cousin
And I hear TD's there but he said he wasn't
Anytime I fly down, he gets about a dozen....'Cause......

[Chorus]

[Verse 3]
I remember those days when Hell was my home
When me and Mama's bed was a big piece of foam
And I never liked to bathe and my hair never combed
When Mama went to work, I roamed the streets alone
I remember when Danny brought me a snow cone
And made his little brothers kick up Jerome
I remember when we visited them with big stones
And the boy Danny pulled out something full chrome
I remember when we ran, Fatta got his knee blown
And my best friend Richie got two in his dome
I remember the avenue turned into a warzone
And Mickey's mom flew him out, 'cause she got a loan
But Mickey went abroad and turned Al Capone
Made a whole lot of money and sent it back home
Now we run the city and that is well known
Yesterday Mickey called me on my phone
I said Mickey.....