In the suburbs, there’s grass. In the ghetto, there’s grass grower.
* In the suburbs, there’s ”corner stores.” In the ghetto, there are liquor
stores, bail bonds, weed, and lottery numbers in one building.
* In the suburbs, there’s microbrews. In the ghetto, there’s 40 ounces.
* In the suburbs, there’s homemade acid. In the ghetto, there’s ”sizurp.”
* in the suburbs, the ice cream man sells just ice cream. In the ghetto, he
sells ice cream, chips, drinks, candy, and crack, weed and mix tapes.
* In the suburbs, there’s a response to a 911 call. ‘Nuff said.
* In the suburbs, there are neighborhood parks. In the ghetto, there are
corners.
* In the suburbs, there are lifestyles of the rich and famous. In the
ghetto, there are lifestyles of the broke and pissed off.
* In the suburbs, there’s Rover, Spot, etc. In the ghetto, there’s Butch,
Killa, Boo….
* in suburban schools, teachers are fired. In ghetto schools, teachers quit.
* In the suburbs, kids wear red, white or blue because they ”just like the
color.” In the ghetto, kids wear red white or blue ”cuz that’z what I claim.’
* In the suburbs, kids come home with candy. In the ghetto, kids come home
with candy, coke can tops, crack pipes, etc.
* in the suburbs, you pop firecrackers on the 4th of July. In the ghetto, you
pop firecrackers from the end of school until Halloween.
* In the suburbs, you have ”Honey I’m home” in the ghetto, you have ��who
was that came in the doe’?!”
* In the suburbs, dad’s oldies are the Beatles, John Denver, etc. In the
suburbs, dad’s oldies are George Clinton, Zapp and Roger and the O’Jays–until
they were stolen.
* In the suburbs, teenage bands consist of drums, bass, regular guitar, and
the main vocalist. In the ghetto, teenage ”bands” consists of a table, a
hairbrush and 15 or 20 dudes standing around taking turns freestyle’.
* In the suburbs, cable consists of 100 regular channels, and all the premium
and pay-per-view channels In the ghetto, you have cable running from next door,
60 out of the 100 channels show up, and the others need a clothes hanger and
some aluminum foil to show up halfway decent.
* In the suburbs, dad keeps his gun hid in a closet, and breaks it out during
hunting season. In the ghetto, you got to pack the steel everywhere you go.
* In the suburbs, you have community watch service. In the ghetto, you just
have the community watch signs, spray-painted over.
* In the suburbs, you have bandanas in the ghetto, you have ”rags.”
* in the suburbs, you wear your jewelry. In the ghetto, you ”floss yo’ ice.”
* In the suburbs, if your lights are cut off, you use candles.
* In the ghetto, you take your lamp and 2 or 3 extension cords and use the
next-door neighbor’s power.
* In the suburbs, potholes are in the middle of street. In the ghetto,
Michelob bottles, and cigarette butts are in the middle of street.