we the besssst i represent the hood i represent the ghetto i represent the people i represent you listennn all the money in the world couldn t change me no diamond rings or the fancy cars cause my niggas in the hood woulda left me holdin this because i m from the ghetto i m from the projects all over the world and every hood they know i m from the ghetto and thats fo sho i m from the ghetto i m from the projects all over the world and every hood they know i m from the ghetto and thats fo sho yeah that s what got me here the chucks the khaki suits all the swap meet years the six dollar socks the five dollar rocks 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 the fake jacob watch a few reasons why i drive the bently 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 nigga y all made my city bigger dawg dog turn the tv off got tired of watchin jigga boss so we told our moms we is lookin for jobs when we was really in the record store lookin for nas project or the ghetto ghetto and the projects from compton to being dre s number one prospect so all the money in the world couldn t change me no diamond rings or the fancy cars cause my niggas in the hood woulda left me holdin this because i m from the ghetto 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 projects all over the world and every hood they know i m from the ghetto and thats fo sho  uhh ain t no help there just food stamps weight checks and welfare every man gone for self there still might need to borrow your medicate card for health care yeah if you never got knocked then you made it everybody know eachother if not they related you can get shot or get bladed there s dudes that got jobs now that had blocks in the 80 s six months five years for you just to cop out ninth or tenth grade is usually when niggas drop out fights break out when you wired and start joking alot of og s retired and started smokin house party games of spade sweet kool aid loud music all night till the boys in blue raid so therefore i could never be too paid i know where i m going and where i m from will get you laid get em all the money in the world couldn t change me no diamond rings or the fancy cars cause my niggas in the hood woulda left me holdin this because i m from the ghetto i m from the projects all over the world and every hood they know i m from the ghetto and thats fo sho i m from the ghetto i m from the projects all over the world and every hood they know i m from the ghetto and thats fo sho tell me this how come black folks get a lil doe and forget where they come from man we used to have good times but since you moved on up guess you ain t cool with us we still support you tho we don t see you much you ain t the first fool it s cool with us but why you living out your idols dreams remember how far you came and help you keep them thangs now its cool that your address changed but i m tryna holla at my dog and 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 when you dead or broke without a deal all the groupies cleared the ghetto ll still be here haa all the money in the world couldn t change me no diamond rings or the fancy cars cause my niggas in the hood woulda left me holdin this because i m from the ghetto i m from the projects all over the world and every hood they know i m from the ghetto and thats fo sho i m from the ghetto i m from the projects all over the world and every hood they know i m from the ghetto and thats fo sho dj khaled dat nigga game trick daddy jadakiss we the best we represent the ghe tto the projects cool and dre on the track we the best