Tonalidad: D minor•
Verse 1
Dm
Say this is my story (true ghetto story)
Say this is my story (real ghetto story,
hey)
Verse 2
Dm
Gm
See, I was born poor like many men
Dm
and didn't have nothin'
Came to America try to make
somethin' out of somethin'
You see we Africans we love huntin'
Found my way up to the top
like it wasn't nothin'
And hooked up with some Puerto
Gm
Dm
Ricans up in Jer sey
We used to be called the Baldwin posse
Had it locked we zoned it up to Union City
And a couple of projects in NYC
Verse 3
Dm
I remember those days when
hell was my home
When me and Mama bed was
a big piece a foam
An mi never like bathe and
my hair never comb
When Mama gone a work
me go street go roam
I remember when Danny
dem tek me snow cone
An mek him likkle bredda dem kick up Jerome
I remember when we visit
dem wid pure big stone
An the boy Danny pop out
something weh full chrome
Verse 4
Dm
But cats knew better than to
play around me
And knew I kept the AK displayed
'round me
And I moved down to the
A to find more cheese
And I found out cars make more than we
Verse 5
Dm
I remember when we run,
Fatta get him knee blown
An mi best friend Richie get,
two inna him dome
I remember so the avenue
tun inna warzone
And Mickey madda fly him out,
'cah she get a loan
But, Mickey go to foreign and
go tun Al Capone
Mek whole heap a money
and sen in our own
Now a we a lock the city and
that is well known
Yesterday Mickey call me pan mi phone
Mi say Mickey
Verse 6
Dm
Wi get di ting dem
Dem outta luck now
Mi squeeze seven and the whole a dem a duck
now (this ah survival story)
Wi have whole heap a extra clip 'cah we
nuh bruk now (true ghetto story)
Rah, rah, rah, rah (yeah, this
is my story)
Wi get di ting dem,
so dem haffi rate wi (Akon story)
'Cah we a tek it to them wicked
of lately (this is my story)
And now the whole community a live
greatly (real ghetto story, hey)
Rah, rah, rah, rah
Verse 7
Dm
I remember 'bout
'80, Jamaica explode
When a Trinity and Tony
Hewitt dem a run road
That a long before Laing dem
and even Bigga Ford
When Adams dem a Corporal
nuh know the road code
I remember when we rob
the chiney shop down the road
An rumour have it sey the
chiney man have a sword
But we did have a one pop
wey make outta board
So you know the next day
mama pot overload
Verse 8
Dm
How could that be?
Chop shops in the city call
me the ring lead
Never thought I'd flee
But somehow the popo still
caught up with me
But then I got locked up,
then while I was boxed up
Focused on locked up,
then they let me out but
Two years later my brother
Screw got shot up
And got the whole block royal
like now what (rah)
Verse 9
E
Jamaica get screw, tru greed an
glutton
Dm
Politics manipulate and
press yutes button
But we rich now,
so dem caan tell man nothin'
'Cause a we a mek mama a
nyaam fish and mutton, ayy
Ova dehso mek mi tell unnu some'in
Tru mi dey a foreign now a
guy kill me cousin
An mi here sey TD deh deh
but him sey he wasn't
Anytime mi fly down him a get bout dozen,
'cause
Verse 10
Dm
Wi get di ting dem Dem outta
luck now
Mi squeeze seven and the whole a dem a
duck now (this a survival story)
Wi have whole heap a extra clip 'cah we
nuh bruk now (true ghetto story)
Rah, rah, rah, rah (yeah, this is my story)
Wi get di ting dem,
so dem haffi rate wi (Akon's story)
'Cah we a tek it to them wicked
of lately (this is my story)
And now the whole community a live
greatly (real ghetto story, hey)
Rah, rah, rah, rah
Verse 11
Dm
I remember those days when hell was
my home
When me and mama bed was
a big piece a foam
An mi never like bathe and
my hair never comb
When mama gone a work me
go street go roam
I remember when Danny
dem tek me snow cone
An mek him likkle bredda dem kick up Jerome
I remember when we visit
dem wid pure big stone
An the boy Danny pop out something
weh full chrome
I remember when we run,
Fatta get him knee blown
An mi best friend Richie
get two inna him dome
I remember so the avenue
tun inna warzone
And Mickey madda fly him out,
'cah she get a loan
But, Mickey go to foreign and
go tun Al Capone
Mek whole heap a money
and sen in our own
Now a we a lock the city and,
that is well known
Dm
Yesterday Mikey call me pan mi phone
Mi say Mikey
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