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I was just a little girl
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Skinny legs, a press and curl
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My mother always thought I'd be a star
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But way before my record deal,
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The streets that nurtured Lauryn Hill
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Made sure that I'd never go too far
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Every ghetto, every city and suburban place I've been
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Make me recall my days in the New Jerusalem
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Story starts at Hootaville grew up next to Ivy Hill
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When kids were stealing quartervilles for fun
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"Kill the guy" in Carter park
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Rode a Mongoose 'til it's dark
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Watching kids show off the stolen ones
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Every ghetto, every city and suburban place I've been
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Make me recall my days in New Jerusalem
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You know it's hot, don't forget what you've got
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Looking back,
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Looking back, looking back, looking back
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You know it's hot, don't forget what you've got
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Looking back
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Thinking back, thinking back, thinking back
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A bag of Bontons, twenty cents and a nickel
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Springfield Ave. had the best popsicles
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Saturday morning cartoons and Kung-Fu
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Main street roots tonic with the dreds
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A beef patty and some coco bread
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Move the patch from my Lees to the tongue of my shoe
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'Member Frelng-Huysen used to have the bomb leather
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Back when Doug Fresh and Slick Rick were together
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Looking at the crew, we thought we'd all live forever
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You know it's hot, don't forget what you've got
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Looking back
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Thinking back, thinking back, thinking back
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You know it's hot, don't forget what you've got
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Looking back
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Thinking back, thinking back, thinking back
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Drill teams on Munn street
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Remember when Hawthorne and Chancellor had beef
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Moving Records was on Central Ave.
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I was there at dancing school
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South Orange Ave. at Borlin pool
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Unaware of what we didn't have
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Writing your friends' names on your jeans with a marker
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July 4th races off of Parker
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Fireworks at Martin stadium
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The Untouchable P.S.P., where all them crazy niggers be
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And car thieves got away through Irvington
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Hillside brings beef with the cops
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Self-Destruction record drops
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And everybody's name was Muslim
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Sensations and '88 attracted kids from out-of-state
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And everybody used to do the wop
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Jack, Jack, Jack ya body
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Nah, the Biz Mark used to amp up the party
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I wish those days, they didn't stop
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Every ghetto, every city and suburban place I've been
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Make me recall my days in New Jerusalem
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You know it's hot, don't forget what you've got
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Looking back
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Welcome back, welcome back, welcome back
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You know it's hot, don't forget what you've got
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Looking back
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Thinking back, thinking back, thinking back
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Thinking back, thinking back, thinking back
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(To end)
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Every Ghetto Every City
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| Lauryn Hill |
