Fabolous — In My Hood

[Chorus] When you grow up in my hood Help don't show up in my hood Gang signs go up in my hood, just 'cause you in my hood Feel like I'm trapped in my hood Young kids get clapped in my hood That's why I'm strapped in my hood, just 'cause you in my hood In my hood, in my hood, in my hood [Verse 1: Fabolous] I'm always close to Feeling like a corner stander Stoop sitter or hallway post-er No matter where I go it's always 'posed to Feel just like it's (in my hood) Cops drive in it every five minutes Look at your faces, pat your waist-es Try to find the stash where the gats and base is I can't say that they racist But I know it ain't the same in they town And as fucked up as it may sound (in my hood) It's two ways to make it happen off the streets Balling on the courts or rapping off the beats You hear the shells tappin' off the 'crete When they clappin' off the heat Then the yellow tape's trappin' off the street But that's the way we was raised Praying to God, hoping that he keep us out the way of them strays [Chorus] When you grow up in my hood Help don't show up in my hood Gang signs go up in my hood, just 'cause you in my hood Feel like I'm trapped in my hood Young kids get clapped in my hood That's why I'm strapped in my hood, just 'cause you in my hood In my hood, in my hood, in my hood [Verse 2: Fabolous] They drink 'til the cup's dry, eat 'til the plate's clean Niggas be in state greens 'fore they turn 18 'Round here you never let the beef slide twice Everybody raised on four wings and beef fried rice Them mothers are getting younger today Got one by the hand, one in the stroller and one on the way We don't have role models (nah) But we got them handguns that hold hollows (in my hood) Ain't no diplomas or degrees But you can get high from the aroma of the trees (in my hood) I know it like navigation, and fuck having patience I'ma get mine, you better get yours 'Cause everyday is a struggle And One-Time ride through everyday just to bug you That's how it is, 'cause your rights be wrong And everybody got a white tee on, when you're in my hood [Chorus] When you grow up in my hood Help don't show up in my hood Gang signs go up in my hood, just 'cause you in my hood Feel like I'm trapped in my hood Young kids get clapped in my hood That's why I'm strapped in my hood, just 'cause you in my hood In my hood, in my hood, in my hood [Verse 3: Fabolous] We try to make the most of what we got You either been hit, or been close to gettin shot (in my hood) Any nigga that boast be getting got And dopeheads fiend to get a dose of what we got And young niggas be like they slow But you give them a blunt, bet they roll the weed like a pro If you trick it's not a problem to get you laid But if you stick without a condom, it gets you AIDS No Sesame Street, kids, watch BET Look up to niggas that don't got a GED I know a dude with the deadbeat tag Kids don't got diapers but he ridin' in the red G-Wag' In the hood, you and your beef is sure to bump heads And everybody grew up sleepin on a bunk bed They telling me to vote and I would If it made a change in my hood, muhfucka [Chorus] When you grow up in my hood Help don't show up in my hood Gang signs go up in my hood, just 'cause you in my hood Feel like I'm trapped in my hood Young kids get clapped in my hood That's why I'm strapped in my hood, just 'cause you in my hood In my hood, in my hood, in my hood [Outro] Ayy, my nigga (what's hood, man?) I got a special love for the hood, y'know (ayy, feel me like) This is comin' from a nigga Who came from splittin' heroes (uh-huh) To gettin' checks with six zeros (yeah) And like for real (like for real) I can't even see what's really hood no more, man, with these niggas, man (I don't know, I don't know, maybe it's me, I don't know) Like, for real, like It's one thing to be from the hood (yeah) And it's another thing to be for the hood (uh-huh) A lot of these niggas is from the hood (don't let 'em fool ya, y'all) But they ain't for the hood (you see 'em) I guess I'm a different type of nigga, y'know? (guess so) I'm from the hood, and I'm for the hood too Like, for real