Ever since his first time on the court, he was called the man.

When it came down to the wire, it was up to him to make his game expand.

Killer cross-over with a nasty jump-shot;

No one else dared get the rock when Jo Jo was hot!

But after the arena lights went dim,

Something very sad happened to him.

No longer was he handling that orange rock with those black stripes.

He had enough of playing games once he started tooting on that pipe.

But every day in the hood, this is getting to be no surprise;

Just a little glimpse of this world through my ghetto eyes.

She was nice and thick, the baddest of any red bone ever seen.

Oh how Levi’s complimented her when she wore those skin-tight jeans.

But in eighth-grade she had no intentions on learning from any books,

Just lying on her back, low-riding with all them older crooks.

By the tenth, she was pregnant with her second baby.

Her mother raised her and her kids, the whole neighborhood called her crazy.

And as time progressed, she discovered she had full blown AIDS,

And all that trickin’ she did ran constantly through her mind during her final days.

But every day in the hood, this is getting to be no surprise,

Just a little glimpse of this world through my ghetto eyes.

Ricky graduated valedictorian, the highest spot in high school.

While everyone was out partying, Ricky’s home studying, he wasn’t no fool.

He studied and studied, got himself a full scholarship,

Went to college, continued to do well, even got involved in a relationship.

The love of his life, taught him all about love, and brought sex to his doorstep.

In his bed, on campus, is where they had relations and where they both slept.

But one night, around three, standing over his bed was this cat named Jerry.

He blew both their brains out; poor Ricky didn’t know she was married.

But every day in the hood, this is getting to be no surprise;

Just a little glimpse of this world through my ghetto eyes.

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