Download mp3 - Every ghetto, every city : Lauryn Hill
[Submitted
by Martin O’Neil]
I was just a little girl
Skinny legs a press and curl
My mother always thought I’d be a star
But way before the record deal
The streets that nurtured Lauren Hill
Made sure that I’d never go too far
Every ghetto, every city and suburban place I’ve been,
Make me recall my days in the New Jerusalem
Story starts in Hootaville grew up next to Ivy Hill
When kids were stealing quartervilles for fun
“Killed a guy” in Carter Park
Rode a mongoose ‘till was dark
Watching Kids show off their stolen ones
Every ghetto, every city and suburban place I’ve been,
Make me recall my days in the New Jerusalem
You know it’s hot, don’t forget what you’ve got
Looking back, looking back, looking back, looking back
You know it’s hot, don’t forget what you’ve got
Looking back, looking back, looking back, looking back
A bag of Bontons, twenty cents and a nickle
Springfield Ave. had the best popsicles
Saturday morning cartoons day come (ooh)
Main Street roots tonic with the dreads
A beef patty and some coco bread
Move the patch from my Lees to the tongue of my shoe
‘Member Frelng-Huysen used to have the bomb leather
Beck when Doug Fresh and Slick Rick were together
Looking at the crew, we thought we’d all live forever
You know it’s hot, don’t forget what you’ve got
Looking back, looking back, looking back, looking back
You know it’s hot, don’t forget what you’ve got
Looking back, looking back, looking back, looking back
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