Lloyd Banks: Every ghetto, every city

I was just a little girlSkinny legs, a press and curlMy mother always thought I'd be a starBut way before my record deal,The streets that nurtured Lauryn HillMade sure that I'd never go too farEvery ghetto, every city and suburban place I've beenMake me recall my days in the New JerusalemStory starts at Hootaville grew up next to Ivy HillWhen kids were stealing quartervilles for fun"Kill the guy" in Carter parkRode a Mongoose 'til it's darkWatching kids show off the stolen onesEvery ghetto, every city and suburban place I've beenMake me recall my days in New JerusalemYou know it's hot, don't forget what you've gotLooking back,Looking back, looking back, looking backYou know it's hot, don't forget what you've gotLooking backLookin back, Lookin back, Lookin backA bag of Bontons, twenty cents and a nickelSpringfield Ave. had the best popsiclesSaturday morning cartoons and Kung-Fu (wa ta!)Main street roots tonic with the dredsA beef patty and some coco breadMove the patch from my Lees to the tongue of my shoe'Member Frelng-Huysen used to have the bomb leatherBack when Doug Fresh and Slick Rick were togetherLooking at the crew, we thought we'd all live foreverYou know it's hot, don't forget what you've gotLooking backLookin back, Lookin back, Lookin backYou know it's hot, don't forget what you've gotLooking backLookin back, Lookin back, Lookin backDrill teams on Munn streetRemember when Hawthorne and Chancellor had beefMoving Records was on Central Ave.I was there at dancing schoolSouth Orange Ave. at Borlin poolUnaware of what we didn't haveWriting my friends' names on my jeans with a markerJuly 4th races outside of ParkerFireworks at Martin stadiumThe Untouchable P.S.P., where all them crazy nigga beAnd car thieves got away through IrvingtonHillside brings beef with the copsSelf-Destruction record dropsAnd everybody's name was Muslim(Children grow and women produce and)Sensations and '88 attracted kids from out-of-stateAnd everybody used to do the wopJack, Jack,Jack ya bodyNah, the Biz Mark used to amp up the partyI wish those days, they didn't stopEvery ghetto, every city and suburban place I've beenMake me recall my days in New JerusalemYou know it's hot, don't forget what you've gotLooking backWelcome back, welcome back, welcome backYou know it's hot, don't forget what you've gotLooking backLookin back, Lookin back, Lookin backLookin back,Lookin back,Lookin back(To end)