[00:02.92]Hook: Nas
[00:03.43]Ghetto ghetto dreams
[00:04.60]Ghetto niggas' dreams
[00:06.56]Ghetto ghetto dreams
[00:09.35]Ghetto niggas' dreams
[00:11.91]Ghetto dreams
[00:14.43]Ghetto niggas' dreams
[00:16.74]From the hood
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[00:18.33]Verse 1: Common
[00:18.99]I want a bitch that look good and cook good
[00:22.05]Cinderella fancy, but she still look hood
[00:24.47]Butt naked in the kitchen flipping pancakes
[00:27.00]Plus she tricking from the dough that her man makes
[00:29.40]We got our own handshake
[00:30.86]Her titties ain't fake
[00:31.78]F-cking in the car cause we just can't wait to get home
[00:34.25]Early in the morn' getting stoned
[00:36.48]Pretty with her eyes low, runny by Bible
[00:39.10]The type of bitch that BIG said he would die for
[00:41.54]Is the type that I would rather stay alive for
[00:43.94]Tatts on her back, looking all tribal
[00:46.23]She know shoes like she know survival
[00:48.90]Well put together, she weathers the storm
[00:51.01]Seen her brother die so forever she's strong
[00:53.42]Hear Beyonce's song and she gotta perform
[00:55.84]Whether f-cking or fighting: we getting it on!
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[00:58.63]Hook: Nas
[00:59.12]Ghetto dreams
[01:00.59]Ghetto ghetto dreams
[01:02.79]Ghetto niggas' dreams
[01:05.17]Ghetto ghetto dreams
[01:07.83]Ghetto niggas' dreams
[01:10.04]Ghetto dreams
[01:12.64]Ghetto niggas' dreams
[01:14.83]From the hood
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[01:17.03]Verse 2: Common
[01:17.55]I don't even say shit, she can feel it
[01:20.41]I toss the realest, sold nails acrylic
[01:22.88]Ass is a weapon and it's hard to conceal it
[01:25.48]Baby in one arm, the other is a skillet
[01:27.78]Fried chicken, macaroni
[01:30.18]Raised on the back of Stony
[01:31.01]Ghetto press, she's my apolonni like
[01:32.22]Tony, Montana
[01:33.46]Reminded me of mio ma or my mama
[01:36.55]Knowing the drama like she know when to joke
[01:39.94]Steal a nigga's squares, not wanting me to smoke
[01:42.19]I poke my head out of Benzes
[01:44.21]My beats is the streets and I know who my friends is
[01:46.79]In this love for the money, power and clothes
[01:49.59]My ghetto housewife watch reality shows
[01:51.92]She might get to snapping if the canvas aint closed
[01:54.34]When the cameras snap snapping, she's ready to pose
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[01:57.22]Hook: Nas
[01:57.65]Ghetto dreams
[01:58.96]Ghetto ghetto dreams
[02:01.53]Ghetto niggas' dreams
[02:03.88]Ghetto ghetto dreams
[02:06.32]Ghetto niggas' dreams
[02:08.54]Ghetto dreams
[02:11.04]Ghetto niggas' dreams
[02:13.67]From the hood
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[02:16.79]Verse 3: Nas
[02:17.28]I notice all my flaws when it comes to writing rhymes
[02:18.87]Subject matter be changing too quickly at times
[02:21.21]So I keep it strictly 'bout dimes and stick to the story
[02:23.71]Call me a pro in the p-ssy category
[02:26.28]Had explicit experiences I shouldn't mention
[02:28.54]For me, getting women turn from sport to addiction
[02:30.92]Powerful women playing the roles of submission
[02:33.47]Lawyers on leashes
[02:34.79]Congress women inflicting pain onto my game
[02:37.14]Warned that I'm sadistic
[02:38.50]They liked it, they diked it, devices twisted
[02:40.80]Til I get a nice chick, to get me on some nice shit
[02:43.28]Crib raising kids, labrador behind a white fence
[02:45.66]But I'm still single, looking for Cleopatra
[02:48.11]African Queen, yo look at me, I'm a bachelor
[02:50.70]Y'all niggas in trouble, keeping girls behind closed doors
[02:52.85]Cross your fingers, be happy I haven't chose yours
[02:55.65]She loves glamour bought Vera Wang sandals
[02:58.05]Valentino bags is my etiquette
[03:00.35]My man is half hood half class
[03:01.57]Photographers cameras caught us out there
[03:03.83]The spotlight, I hope she can handle
[03:05.40]She can join me, red carpet at my next non-profit
[03:07.47]Event having sponsored by some alcohol product
[03:10.04]Jumping out a Bentley with some fresh red bottoms
[03:12.40]You live the dream with me when you are just in the projects
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[03:15.23]Hook: Nas
[03:15.69]Ghetto dreams
[03:16.83]Ghetto ghetto dreams
[03:19.33]Ghetto niggas' dreams
[03:21.54]Ghetto ghetto dreams
[03:24.44]Ghetto niggas' dreams
[03:26.97]Ghetto dreams
[03:29.06]Ghetto niggas' dreams
[03:31.60]From the hood