Ghetto Burbs Joe Budden (Ft. Emanny)

[Intro: Joe Budden]
Always had big dreams
Everybody had big dreams though
I ain't never wanna stay here, I had no intentions
I never had no plans

[Hook: Emanny]
Live my life
Gotta know how to survive
Just can't hide
These streets eat you alive
Ghetto burbs
Cause I'm from two different worlds
Ghetto burbs
Comin' from the ghetto burbs

[Verse 1: Joe Budden]
Ghetto burbs, I'm from the ghetto of Jerz'
From where the peddlers serve, use hand gestures for words
Big-up to LA, they was ahead of the curve
My hood we gangbang, you can get left on the curb
Yep, I was raised here, but I'm tryin' to export
Police is crooked, the strippers is escorts
Like my homie Layla, really I can't knock her
Cause she gettin' paper, month ago she was knocked up
Baby-daddy a dope-boy, fresh home he was locked up
But he on the same shit, fucked around and got shot up
In my same mind, I'm like why he even bother?
At the same time, don't know what he was a part of
Layla over the casket, tears coming harder
The hood wins again, another son with no father
Gotta take it in stride, 'round here that's the usual
But I ain't accustomed, that shit I can't get used to
I'm trying to survive