Petey Pablo Lyrics
"You Know You Ghetto"

(Intro):
If yo head is as big as Shamellow's,
If yo bank is the Check Cashing place,
If you put on pantyhose instead of shaving your legs,
If you use grease that you use over and over again,
If you only go to church on Easter and holidays...then you ghetto.
Believe that!

(Chorus):
Can you be rich and be ghetto? (Yup).
And just cuz you poor do that mean that you ghetto? (Nope).
Some people don't understand what it mean to be ghetto.
And if you gotta ask then you prolly never know!

(Verse 1):
Bein' ghetto, it's just the things we do sometimes,
Like hangin' yo clothes on the oven to dry,
But you late you gotta go, and they ain't ready yet,
(You put em on anyway and rock em halfway wet!)
First you wear then return, everything you buy,
Always lookin' for a discount till the day you die,
Got three kids, by three differet guys,
(And all the things we give ?)
You know you ghetto when you use a wrench for a channel changer,
No antenna, you gotta use a metal hanger,
Drink from the container, put it back in the fridge,
(Knowin' damn well that shit was wrong, you did!)
Put salt on yo food before you even taste it,
Get a doggy bag, ghetto niggas ain't wastin' shit,
You know you ghetto, no, you know you grimey,
(When you iron dirty pants till them shits get shiny!)

(Petey Pablo): Yeaaaaaaahh!

(Chorus):
Can you be rich and be ghetto? (Yeah). (PP): Whoa, yeah.
And just cuz you poor do that mean that you ghetto? (PP): Nooo.
Some people don't understand what it mean to be ghetto. (PP): Whoaaaa.
And if you gotta ask then you prolly never know! (PP): Whoa whoa!

(Chorus):
Can you be rich and be ghetto? (PP): Ghetto!
And just cuz you poor do that mean that you ghetto? (PP): Ghetto!
Some people don't understand what it mean to be ghetto. (PP): Do you understand?
And if you gotta ask then you prolly never know! (PP): Yeah yeahhh!!

Verse 2:
Ghetto's not a place, it don't matter what color you are,
You can be white as chalk, or as black as tar,
And it really don't matter how much money you have,
(You can live on Fifth Ave and be ghetto fab.)
You know you ghetto when yo soap is the size of a Chiclet,
Runnin' to the kitchen wet for dishwasher liquid,
The water cold cuz they shut off all your power,
(You know you ghetto when you pee in the shower.)
No toilet paper, somebody used the last you had,
No problem, just get a daily news or a paper bag,
Roll it up and crumble it, make it soft in yo ass, (Ehhh!)
(But when you flush, the toilet always get stopped up!)
And if you got the money, the landlord never get it,
We never pay the rent till we almost get evicted,
If this shit is funny or offendin' you,
(Chances are it's because you ghetto too!!) (PP): Ghetto tooooo!

Can you be rich and be ghetto? (PP): Yeahah!
And just cuz you poor do that mean that you ghetto? (PP): Whoa oah!
Some people don't understand what it mean to be ghetto. (PP): Whoa whoa!
And if you gotta ask then you prolly never know! (PP): Ghetto!

Can you be rich and be ghetto? (Yup.) (PP): Tell me, tell me!
And just cuz you poor do that mean that you ghetto? (Nope).
Some people don't understand what it mean to be ghetto. (PP): Whoa, yeah!
And if you gotta ask then you prolly never know! (Uh, uh!)

(PP): Ghettooo!
Can you be rich and be ghetto? (PP): Ghettooo!
Can you be rich and be ghetto? (Tell me nigga.) (PP): Whoa.
Can you be rich and be ghetto? (Yo.) (PP): Yeah yeah yeahhhhh!!
And if you gotta ask then you prolly never know! (Yo yo)

(Petey Pablo):
Ghettooo! Uh! East coast is the ghetto! Uh! Uh!
West coast is the ghetto! Uh! Uh! South side is the ghetto! Everywhere is the ghetto!
The ghetto! The ghetto! The ghetto! I'm fallin' down...in the ghetto.....