b: hey, sup girl?
g: what's with this dress shirt and jogger pants?
b: ............

Yo, you know you're ghetto when the money that you got
is a whole lotta ones stacked up to make a knot
You know you're ghetto when you thinkin you're a star
and you waiting in line at the back for drinks at the bar
You know you're ghetto when you think you're number one
with the flow & you shoutin out ya self on the radio
You know you ghetto when the Polo that you rock
says Fruit of the Loom on the label & on the top, nigga
You know you ghetto when you're stuck inside of jail &
the Jordans on ya feet cost more than ya bail
You know you're ghetto when you're going on the creep
& ya girl gotta wait for her children to fall asleep
You know you ghetto when you think you represent
but then niggaz on ya block ain't spendin a red cent
ain't tryin ta buy ya album (nigga hell no)
If you dubbin this right now instead of buyin the single
(you're ghetto)

[hook]
Ghetto's what ya are when you think you a star
flossin on the street in the rental car (you're ghetto)
Ghetto's what ya are when you think that you're nice
but the opposite don't look twice
You're G- to the H- to the E- to the T-T-O
You're G- to the H- to the E- to the T-T-0, you're ghetto.

You know you're ghetto when ya boys push crack
& you're buying crack from them so you can go smoke out back
You know you're ghetto when your mom's part of ya crew
& ya grandmoms is only 5 year older than you
You know you're ghetto when I don't know who you are
but nigga I know ya name cause I could read it on ya chain
You know you're ghetto when you're singin along
an you can relate to the rhyme that I'm spittin in this song
You know you're ghetto when you're best clothes are ya dress clothes an ya dress clothes is blue jeans & shiny slippers, know'mean?
You know you're ghetto when you're askin for some cigarettes
cause you can't afford hash to mix with that weed in ya stash
You know you're ghetto when you're tryin ta get ya flirt on
and that cock blockin niggas got the same damn shirt on!
You know you're ghetto when own two cars
an need ten from me to buy drinks at the bar
you're ghetto!

[hook]
Ghetto's what ya are when you think that you fly
but the homegirls walk right by (you're ghetto)
Ghetto's what ya are when you think you got clout
buy ya hair weave keeps fallin out (you're ghetto)
You're G- to the H- to the E- to the T-T-O
You're G- to the H- to the E- to the T-T-0 (you're ghetto)

You know you're ghetto when you bring home ya boys
& ya moms lookin at ya crew like they sex toys
You know you're ghetto when you're brothas paid from jugglin
an ya drivin his Beamer talkin 'bout "nigga we strugglin"
You know you're ghetto when you sittin down in class
& a cockroack went & crawled out ya book bag
You know you're ghetto when you try & sould like Lil Kim
and you went up sounding like Fox & thought wait a minute that's the same thing!
You know you're ghetto when rappin's part of ya dream
but you can't stay out past 1 cause ya mom runs ya street team
You know you're ghetto when you're savin to buy a Ki'
butcha grandpops is still on the corner pushin that weed
You know you're ghetto when you know you're not Jamaican
butcha clothes say Tommy Illfiga, nigga you fakin






Lyrics submitted by convince

You're Ghetto When song meanings
Add Your Thoughts

0 Comments

sort form View by:
  • No Comments

Add your thoughts

Log in now to tell us what you think this song means.

Don’t have an account? Create an account with SongMeanings to post comments, submit lyrics, and more. It’s super easy, we promise!

More Featured Meanings

Album art
Fast Car
Tracy Chapman
"Fast car" is kind of a continuation of Bruce Springsteen's "Born to Run." It has all the clawing your way to a better life, but in this case the protagonist never makes it with her love; in fact she is dragged back down by him. There is still an amazing amount of hope and will in the lyrics; and the lyrics themselve rank and easy five. If only music was stronger it would be one of those great radio songs that you hear once a week 20 years after it was released. The imagery is almost tear-jerking ("City lights lay out before us", "Speeds so fast felt like I was drunk"), and the idea of starting from nothing and just driving and working and denigrating yourself for a chance at being just above poverty, then losing in the end is just painful and inspiring at the same time.
Album art
The Night We Met
Lord Huron
This is a hauntingly beautiful song about introspection, specifically about looking back at a relationship that started bad and ended so poorly, that the narrator wants to go back to the very beginning and tell himself to not even travel down that road. I believe that the relationship started poorly because of the lines: "Take me back to the night we met:When the night was full of terrors: And your eyes were filled with tears: When you had not touched me yet" So, the first night was not a great start, but the narrator pursued the relationship and eventually both overcame the rough start to fall in love with each other: "I had all and then most of you" Like many relationships that turn sour, it was not a quick decline, but a gradual one where the narrator and their partner fall out of love and gradually grow apart "Some and now none of you" Losing someone who was once everything in your world, who you could confide in, tell your secrets to, share all the most intimate parts of your life, to being strangers with that person is probably one of the most painful experiences a person can go through. So Painful, the narrator wants to go back in time and tell himself to not even pursue the relationship. This was the perfect song for "13 Reasons Why"
Album art
Bron-Y-Aur Stomp
Led Zeppelin
This is about bronies. They communicate by stomping.
Album art
Mountain Song
Jane's Addiction
Jane's Addiction vocalist Perry Farrell gives Adam Reader some heartfelt insight into Jane’s Addiction's hard rock manifesto "Mountain Song", which was the second single from their revolutionary album Nothing's Shocking. Mountain song was first recorded in 1986 and appeared on the soundtrack to the film Dudes starring Jon Cryer. The version on Nothing's Shocking was re-recorded in 1988. "'Mountain Song' was actually about... I hate to say it but... drugs. Climbing this mountain and getting as high as you can, and then coming down that mountain," reveals Farrell. "What it feels to descend from the mountain top... not easy at all. The ascension is tough but exhilarating. Getting down is... it's a real bummer. Drugs is not for everybody obviously. For me, I wanted to experience the heights, and the lows come along with it." "There's a part - 'Cash in now honey, cash in Miss Smith.' Miss Smith is my Mother; our last name was Smith. Cashing in when she cashed in her life. So... she decided that, to her... at that time, she was desperate. Life wasn't worth it for her, that was her opinion. Some people think, never take your life, and some people find that their life isn't worth living. She was in love with my Dad, and my Dad was not faithful to her, and it broke her heart. She was very desperate and she did something that I know she regrets."
Album art
Blue
Ed Sheeran
“Blue” is a song about a love that is persisting in the discomfort of the person experiencing the emotion. Ed Sheeran reflects on love lost, and although he wishes his former partner find happiness, he cannot but admit his feelings are still very much there. He expresses the realization that he might never find another on this stringed instrumental by Aaron Dessner.