Ode to the Ghetto lyrics

[Intro]
"This afternoon prospectors charged
30-year-old officer with felonious assault
And possession of felony firearms (*Gunshots*)
Dispute allegedly leading to her firing a handgun
Around 1 AM on Wednesday"
Yeah, the ghetto (The ghetto, the ghetto)
That's where I'm from, Detroit City
What up Ol' Knuckles
Stones Throw

[Verse 1]
From the land where they hustlin' hand to hand (Twenty five)
And the pigs rush in to jam your plans, yeap
Ghetto—home where the sharks give loans
And if you don't pay they'll break your bones (Gotta)
Old school whips on rims (Right)
Dope boys blowing through chips on Timbs (Right)
You could get rich if you grind substantial
And there's a lot of dudes that's prime examples (Like)
My old neighbor had gators
Every flavor, raking that heavy paper
However, you get too rich
The boys in blue investigate ya (Ride it)
He used to have lethal trees (What?)
Now it's just P.O.'s and legal fees (Damn)
But he can't be mad
The police steal, he got charged for half
[Chorus]
I've traveled the world, did this and that
Been so many places, but still come back
My ode to the… struggle, that hustle
I escaped through it
I've traveled the world, did this and that
Been so many places but still come back
My ode to the… where it ain't all fun
Where I go (Yeah), where I'm from

[Verse 2]
We used to do so much for so little (Aha)
Needy hands held out when the dough trickles (Yeah)
They gotta eat (Uh), and if not they ain't scared of poppin' heat
You get shot for dumb sh*t (Blah, blah), still I'm thankful
To see what I saw to get this angle
And understand cats don't give a f*ck about another man (Nope)
And the ones with the dough got the upper hand (Uh)
It might not get your praise (Uh)
But I love the hood where I was raised (I love it)
It made me the person I am today (Uh-huh)
And a part of every word I say (Sure)
So when I'm in spot with a blunt lit (*Cough*)
With my homies from the hood that I run with
Dap me up and keep moving, sh*t
I pray for the fool that tryin' to play us on some child sh*t
[Chorus]
I've traveled the world, did this and that
Been so many places, but still come back
My ode to the… struggle, that hustle
I escaped through it
I've traveled the world, did this and that
Been so many places but still come back
My ode to the… where it ain't all fun
Where I go, where I'm from

[Bridge]
The concrete jungle (Uh), the hood, the blocks (Right)
The late night shootouts (Uh), the weed, the rocks (Yeah)
The evil cops, the pimps, the whores (Uh-huh)
The drug wars (What?), bloodshed galore (Yeah)
The concrete jungle (Uh-huh), the hood, the blocks (Whatever)
The late night shootouts (Uh-huh), the weed, the rocks (Right)
The evil cops (Uh-huh), the pimps, the whores (Yeah)
The drug wars, bloodshed galore

[Chorus]
I've traveled the world, did this and that
Been so many places, but still come back
My ode to the… struggle, that hustle
I escaped through it
I've traveled the world, did this and that
Been so many places but still come back
My ode to the… where it ain't all fun
Where I go, where I'm from