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Ghetto Burbs (feat. Emanny) - Joe Budden



     
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(Intro)
Always had big dreams
Everybody had big dreams though
I never wanna stay here, I had no intentions
And I have had no plans
(Chorus)
Live my life,
Gotta know how to survive
Just can't hide
Cause these streets will eat you alive, (ghetto burbs)
Cause I'm from two different worlds, (ghetto burbs)
Coming from these ghetto burbs.
(Verse)
Yo yo, ghetto burbs I'm from the ghetto with Jerz
From where the pedal is served
Use hand, justice for words
Pick up the LA, they was ahead of the curb
My hooey gang bang

You could get left from the curb
Yea I was raised here, but I'm tryna export
Police is crook yea, the strippers is escorts
Like my homey Layla, really I can't knock her
Cause she getting paper, month ago she was knocked up
Baby daddy your dope boy, fresh homey was locked up
But he on the same shit, fucked around and got shot up
You mind saying mind, I'm like why he even bother
At the same time don't know what he was a part of
And Layla over the casket, see this coming harder
The hood went again, another summon the father
Gotta take it astride, round here it's the usual
But I ain't accustomed, that shit I can't get used to
I'm tryna survive
(Chorus)
Live my life,
Gotta know how to survive
Just can't hide
Cause these streets will eat you alive, (ghetto burbs)
Cause I'm in two different worlds, (ghetto burbs)
Coming from these ghetto burbs.
(Verse)
Yo, ghetto burbs I'm from the ghetto with Jerz
From where the ghetto's disturbed, you can be dead and not heard
Say you're predaly, and ended with better or worse
I lost faith but grandma still keep her head up in church
Murder is sky high, employment is real low
Little kid tryna rap, but will he get a deal? No
Cause poverty kills slow, belief is beyond you
7-9'er every 10 bitches here got the monster like my lil homey Tania
I met her in freak nik, freak yea
The same bitch the niggas be all out in the street with
Open, in love with the service
But she got resentment, she won't see from the surface
So like so many women look right so she worship
Caught aids from rape and thought her whole life was worthless
Hoe couldn't know how gorgeous her curbs is
She fuckin em raw and hope they catch it on purpose
You better survive
(Chorus)
Live my life,
Gotta know how to survive
Just can't hide
The streets will eat you alive, (ghetto burbs)
Cause I'm from two different worlds, (ghetto burbs)
Coming from these ghetto burbs.
(Verse)
Ghetto burbs I'm from the ghetto with Jerz
I ain't tryna act like my part of the ghetto's the worst
Niggas is pricks here, they'll buy stilettos for birds
How did I get here? They act like the men who don't hurt
Dude just getting high, guess they tryna escape it
Won't commit suicide, assuming they couldn't take it
The streets is cold, still we runnin round naked
Success is avoid and we replace it with hatred
That's your homey from way back, from showing the years oh
The friends turnin green even that after we're old
You thinking kid? No, values to sheer clothes
Now you struggle for rent and he got ice in his ear lobes
Your man won't even extend a hand, meeting all his career goals
You need a whole nother plan, your career's broke
Valuables are more valuable than everything, even value the dudes
Cause you gotta survive
(Chorus x2)
Live my life,
Gotta know how to survive
Just can't hide
These streets will eat you alive, (ghetto burbs)
Cause I'm in two different worlds, (ghetto burbs)
Coming from these ghetto burbs.
(Outro)
I'm from the ghetto burbs
Gotta know how to survive
Streets eat you up
Coming from the ghetto burbs
Said the streets eat you alive, alive yea yea yea
Coming from the ghetto burbs yea

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Joe Budden (born August 31, 1980 in Spanish Harlem, New York) is a rapper from Jersey City, New Jersey. In recent years he has come to prominence as one of the most skilled and sought-for rappers in the game, despite his best work being on the internet mixtape circuit.

His music initially gained popularity on New York City's famous mixtape circuit in 2002. Although his biggest mainstream hit to-date is 2003's up-tempo "Pump It Up," Budden is known for his reflective and often insecure lyrics. He is widely considered one of hip-hop's most gifted lyricists, thanks largely in part to his numerous works on mixtapes by such DJ's as DJ Clue, Clinton Sparks, DJ On Point, and DJ Envy.

On one particular mixtape song, called "Crosscountry Connection", Joe started a feud with the G-Unit camp. The Game took offense to a line where Joe claims that gangsta rappers should "be in a G-Unit video with all the gangsta actors", obviously claiming G-Unit are fake gangstas. Unbeknownst to Budden, The Game had just recently signed with the G-Unit camp. The Game and G-Unit fired a few diss songs Budden's way; he replied in kind. The feud was ended when The Game and Budden met in a club in New York City and put the past aside.

During winter and spring of 2005, through Joe Budden mixtapes and hip-hop rumor mills, it was said that he departed from Def Jam to Roc-A-Fella Records with CEO Damon Dash. In reality, Budden was legally obligated to stay with Def Jam. In the beginning of Budden's career, it took him a long time to get public exposure, working more than three years from the first time his demo tapes were heard to the first time he was on the radio. He has appeared on many tracks with other artists including 112, Amerie, Brandy, Cassidy, Fabolous, Fat Joe, Freeway, Janet Jackson, Jay-Z, Jennifer Lopez, Jin, Kelly Rowland, Lil' Kim, LL Cool J, Marques Houston, Usher, and more recently a remix to the hit song "Hollaback Girl" with Gwen Stefani. Some of these were not official remixes, simply mixtape tracks where a Joe Budden verse was added to an existing song.

Though he is thought of as one of rap's most skilled lyricists, Budden's success outside of the mixtape circuit has been marginal purposely. He is known to have invested in real estate in North Jersey and instead of blowing up into the rap scene he decided to make money from other methods instead of getting a record deal. His music is usually more sensitive and thought provoking than that of gangsta rappers, but subsequently, it is also more explicit and unrelenting than most "conscious" or "backpack" rappers.

In late December of 2005, Joe released a mixtape after almost 5 months of being absent from the game. Mood Muzik 2 is considered by most to be a lyrical masterpiece and with so deep tracks such as "Dumb Out" and the emotional "3 Sides to a Story" (in which Joe harrowingly describes a disturbing situation), many wondered had these songs originally been scheduled to appear on The Growth.

In 2007, he was released by Def Jam. In December 2007, he released Mood Muzik 3, which many are calling the best mixtape of the year, with some even saying it's the album of the year since it contains all original material. Some have questioned this since the beat for 'Ventilation' is an edit of 'It's A Shame (Da Butcher's Mix)' by Kool G Rap.

In October 2008, Joe Budden released another highly-rated mixtape, Halfway House; featuring album cuts such as 'Touch & Go' and a snippet of 'Blood On The Wall', a diss to Prodigy of Mobb Deep.

In his career up to his 2nd album, he has worked with artists such as Busta Rhymes and Christina Milian, and has been involved in feuds with rapper The Game and G-Unit. He has since reconciled with The Game.

Since this reconciliation, Joe Budden signed to Amalgam Digital records, and both artists finalized the beef and have collaborated on the single 'The Future' for Joe Budden's now-released 2nd album, Padded Room. The album released February 24th in the U.S. and March 3rd in Canada.

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