Ghetto Story Lyrics – Ice Cube

Read the full Ghetto Story lyrics by Ice Cube along with the music video, song credits, release information and other details about the song. If you enjoy Ice Cube’s music, you can also explore Let’s Get Money Together and I’mma Burn Rubber, two other songs by Ice Cube.

[Intro]
Just sit down, let me tell you a story
About a young man trying to find his glory (Oh no)
He did everything you can do in the streets to get his bag, yeah
But if you never stop for love, life can be a stone’s drive
What a drag, what a drag

[Verse 1: Ice Cube]
More money, more problems (Problems)
Ever since we got this money, we continue squabbling
I remember (I remember) we used to be Steady Mobbing
Everybody want to be Batman, fu*k Robin (Fu*k Robin)

Now when them thangs get to popping (Popping)
Choppers get to chopping
Loved ones get to dropping (Get to dropping)
When them hearts get to stopping
Nobody cares about all the money that you clocking
A bully on that bulls*it (Bulls*it)
Got a bullseye (Bullseye)
I forgot he said, he on Demon time
I’m on God’s time, yeah
This is oil and water
Your ass is with the Devil I’m with the Holy Father (Mmm)
You’ll probably shoot your mama (Mama)
For an extra comma, over mar!juana (A piranha)
Everybody say they want the bag
Yeah, I want to get it, but not that bad

[Chorus]
Everyday, this ghetto story
About a boy trying to find his glory, glory, glory
He did everything you can do in these streets, to get a bag (Everything)
But if you don’t stop for love, life can be a stone’s drive

[Verse 2]
I’m trying to get cropped up without getting locked up
I’m trying to lay in the cut, without getting mopped up

I’m trying to stand on my own and never get propped up (Never)
The pyroclastic flow, can’t get stopped up (No)
N!ggas love money (Money), money love me (Me)
Please don’t make me have to do you ugly
I’m trying not to be like a fu*king thug be
Look at the sky, this fu*king day is lovely
I’m trying not to hate ya, for this little caper
Why you motherfu*kers trying to pull me out my nature
When you a Laker Everybody hates ya
B!tch n!ggas on the internet always trying to bait ya
And if you take the bait (Bait)
They’ll try to regulate
I’ll bust on their ass, like Warren G and Nate (Regulating)
And if you slip they’ll do you like they did Nip
N!ggas from your own hoods send you on a trip

[Chorus]
Let’s get dirty people, my ghetto story
All about a man tryna find his road (Damn)
He did it all (He did it all) in these streets, just to get his bag (Yeah, fu*k)
But if you don’t stop for love, life can be a stone’s drive

[Outro]
Oh no, I can’t trust ’em no more
We used to roll six-fours, I can’t trust ’em no more (Oh no)
Oh no, I can’t trust ’em no more
We used to run these hoes, I can’t trust ’em no more (Oh no)
Oh no, I can’t trust ’em no more
We used to roll six-fours, I can’t trust ’em no more (Oh no)
Oh no, I can’t trust ’em no more
We used to run these hoes, I can’t trust ’em no more