How ghetto are you?

[David H]

I'm sure some of you are familiar with the song "Ghetto" by Sticky Fingaz. Here's the lyrics.

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[Sticky Fingaz - talking]
If your head is as big as Shamello's
If your bank is the check cashin place
If you put on panty-hose instead of shavin your legs
If you use grease that you used over and over again
If you only go to church on Easter and holidays
Then you ghetto, believe that



[Chorus]
Can you be rich and be ghetto? (Yep)
And just cause you poor do that mean that you ghetto? (Nope)
So people don't understand what it mean to be ghetto
And if you gonna ask then you probably never know



[Sticky Fingaz]
Bein ghetto, it's just the things we do sometimes
Like hangin your clothes on the oven to dry
But you late, you gotta go and they ain't ready yet
(You put 'em on anyway, and rock 'em halfway wet)
First you wear then return everything you buy
Always lookin for a discount 'til the day you die
Got three kids, by three different guys
(And all they names begin with La, Ta, and Sha)
You know you ghetto when you use a wrench for a channel changer
No antenna, you gotta use a metal hanger
Drink from the container and put it back in the fridge
(Knowin damn well the [censored] was wrong you did)
Put salt on your food, before you even taste it
Get a doggy bag, ghetto [censored] ain't wastin [censored]
You know you ghetto, no, you know you grimy
(When you iron dirty pants 'til them [censored] get shiny)


[Sticky Fingaz]
Ghetto's not a place, it don't matter what color you are
You can be white as chalk or as black as tar
And it really don't matter how much money you have
(You can live on Fifth Ave. and be ghetto fab)
You know you ghetto when your soap is the size of a chiclet
Run into the kitchen wet for dishwashin liquid
The water cold cause they shut off all your power
(You know you ghetto if you pee in the shower)
No toilet paper, somebody used the last you had
No problem, just get a Daily News or a paper bag
Ball it up and crumble it, make it soft in your ass
(But when you flush, the toilet always gets stopped up)
And if you got the money, the landlord never get it
We never pay the rent, yo we almost got evicted
If this [censored] is funny or offendin you
(Chances are, it's because you're ghetto too)



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Can you be rich and be ghetto (3x)
And if you gotta ask then you'll probably never know
Ghetto
East Coast is the ghetto
West Coast is the ghetto
South Side is the ghetto
Everywhere is the ghetto
The ghetto
The ghetto
The ghetto
I'll probably die, in the ghetto..


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So how many of these apply to you?

[stabn]

[censored]. I am not very ghetto. Only this one applied:

You've got three kids, by three different guys...and all their names begin with La, Ta and Sha

['Chair]

[mbillie1]

I know how much cash-back I can get at all 3 area grocery stores when I write a check... so I can get like $120 in cash with $1 in my bank account, float checks til payday baby.

However I am out of checks now, and I'm too ghetto to get more. I'll wipe my ass with whatever if I run out of toilet paper, although obviously I prefer toilet paper. But I'm not some sort of prude about it. Paper towels, fast food napkins, paper bag, etc.

I salt everything regardless of how it tastes, because I like the way salt tastes. I've been evicted, and still don't have my own apartment. Or a job (til tomorrow, ugh). Or any money.

Boo ya

[guids]

You only go to church on Easter and holidays
You hang your clothes on the oven to dry
You put 'em on anyway and rock 'em halfway wet
You're always lookin for a discount 'til the day you die
You drink from the container and put it back in the fridge
You get a doggy bag...ghetto [censored] ain't wastin [censored]
You iron dirty pants 'til them [censored] get shiny
Your soap is the size of a chiclet
You run in the kitchen wet for dishwashing liquid

[Blarg]

Where's the part about being ashy?

[guids]

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Where's the part about being ashy?

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what is ashyness? my elbows are real ashy, but what exactly does this mean? is it just dry or what?

[mason55]

[Blarg]

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Where's the part about being ashy?

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what is ashyness? my elbows are real ashy, but what exactly does this mean? is it just dry or what?

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If you don't put moisturizer on dark skin, when it gets real dry or starts to flake a little, it looks especially grayish/whitish. Particularly shows up on places that tend to be naturally calloused, like the elbows. The same thing on white skin doesn't show up nearly as much, because it isn't such a high contrast to the underlying skin tone.

[gamblar]

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LOL... Lebron photo responses bring the funny.