Would you like to go with me? Down my dead end street? Would you like to come with me? To village ghetto life? Lemmie tell you bout the village where I dwell iz a... Living hell still tryin to make a heaven outta diz rite here Watching fo' the postman hopin' fo' paper Please stop the bus mr. driver... wait up we got... Rock fights where the dead end meets The stop lights is out so its dead in the streets The countyline look long but im kinda hungry So I pack a sack lunch and got on Late for class again its half past 10 and Moms gonna whoop mah ass again Now and then I get the feelin that the world is mine I start sittin back watchin time fly by but uh... But Im so proud to say. that the ghetto is the reason that im loud today And you could come get a glimpse of whats happenin' See for yourself how it is where i live at Would you like to go with me? Down my dead end street? Would you like to come with me? To village ghetto life? It shouldnt take long to see The place that belongs to me Its all good, aint nuttin like home to me Know the coma but uh. i got some knowledge out of My other partners that made it up outta here And not a whole lot of us get rich But like the old saying goes aint life a bitch? Aw shit! the landlord just raised the rent fuck dat! Dem old days that came and went like this Theres mo ways you can use your time instead of Looking for shit that you used to find By the age of 16 ya finally come to grips Livin life like this and nuttin else mean shit Looking for a smooth getaway Cool cuz soon ill see a better day And if not... then i gots to deal with it I aint makin this up hell naw its real nigga Would you like to go with me? Down my dead end street? Would you like to come with me? To village ghetto life? No more suprises hopin i can open your eyes And so im trying instead of lookin up in the sky Im in the fast lane speed dreaming Nappin on cruise control please believe it! In my city when you see it that night Look different than it does in the day Aint no tellin what had happened if it wasnt this way I aint trippin off of shit its a good thang I made a name off the local neighborhood gang And at that time i started rhyming and. Set up a hill without help to start clownin' And ive been around this for a minute You gotta get ur own mix and get wit it I made myself learn to pay myself Nigga the game dont wait so ima stay myself And now you can go and tell another nigga Of how the real ones is livin in the ghetto Would you like to go with me? Down my dead end street? Would you like to come with me? To village ghetto life? Would you like to go with me? Down my dead end street? Would you like to come with me? To village ghetto life?