I knew this guy from ATL, Georgia Said he wanted to be a judge when he grew up Had a good life living up in the suburbs Doing his thang, just tryna make him come up But one day things became to make a bad change His father left, and his mother had to maintain Moved to the ghetto, joined a gang, and began to slang Now he found himself, caught up in the game What can you gain from making up your own rules? A major change from the things that he use to do And he even stopped praying like he used to Now he doing what he thinks that he gotta do Now his boys is the only thing that he needs And Mary Jane is his only necessity The state of mind is his only captivity And now he has to face reality And this mentality And what he did for the will of stability His life's changed so physically mentally He didn't mean to go through this intentionally Now he has to face reality And the ghetto, ghetto mentality Till he was chained with a baby mama Now he's trapped in a lifeless full of drama Still thinking that he can do what he wants But he gotta live for his son, 'cause he's still a father Now hes trying to make money the best way he can Trifling down the streets, thinking that he the man Dude is blind, he still can't understand How much his life is getting outta hand What can you gain from making up your own rules? A major change from the things that he use to do And he even stopped praying like he used to Now he doing what he thinks that he gotta do Now his boys is the only thing that he needs And Mary Jane is his only necessity The state of mind is his only captivity And now he has to face reality And this mentality And what he did for the will of stability His life's changed so physically mentally He didn't mean to go through this intentionally Now he has to face reality And the ghetto, ghetto mentality What would you do, if you gave the word to lose your soul? Can you relate? Can you hear the message in these words? I got the feeling to know you care, and I I wanna know if you'd take that chance You could trust me boy, this is not the end If you don't hear true, then we'll talk again Now his boys is the only thing that he needs And Mary Jane is his only necessity The state of mind is his only captivity And now he has to face reality A thuggish mentality And what he did for the will of stability His life's changed so physically mentally He didn't mean to go through this intentionally Now he has to face reality And the ghetto, ghetto mentality