Latino

[Joell Ortiz] Unnhhh Look around in my neighborhood (aqui en el barrio, tu sabe) See how we live See right there on that corner, that's where they sell the drugs (the manteca, brother) Run the numbers and play dominoes Whistle at the fly ladies, you know, I'm Latino, hahahaha (Latino, pa que sepa!) [Verse 1: Joell Ortiz] The dope gets sold by the bodega The way y'all call it dope, we call it the manteca We don't look for lotto numbers in the newspaper We play it right over the counter by the Now & Laters Sit down on milk crates and play dominoes Capicu! Slam it down, tell them adios Another round of beers before we go upstairs And watch a fuzzy TV on some of the oldest chairs Relax, take a bath and get nice and clean Come out just in time for dinner, you know rice and beans A little chicken, maybe tostones, it's up to Ma She might be tired keeping this house all up to par Sometimes I look out the window and see some nice wheels I got a thing for rims they give me slight chills Around here you get killed over a ice grill Guns pop but the OG's carry knives still [Hook: Joell Ortiz & La Bruja] (Latinooo) I'm that and I'm proud, if you don't know us let me tell you about (Latinooooooos, LaLaLaLaLaLaLaaa) We got beautiful women, and they all seem to know their way around the kitchen (Latinooos) Yeah we stick together, we had hard lives so our skin is thick forever (Latinooooooo LaLaLaLaLaLaLaaa) I'm that and I'm proud, if you don't know us let me tell you about [Verse 2: Joell Ortiz] See every block got a different crew This kid I knew got paralyzed cause of his tattoo And he wasn't in a gang Just some young punk trying to come up and get a name Put a bullet in his brain, it's a shame But yo, on a better note Latina women look so good from head to toe Get 'em and never let 'em go Baseball is big in my town So is boxing, a hundred he don't see the 9th round These young girls is fresh they like to get piped down Babies having babies, guess who on the WIC line now? (Who?) Guess who got welfare? Guess who on medicaid? (Who?) Guess who left they kid with their girl for eleven days Without calling cause he's balling One year from now he'll have a child support warrant It happen all the time in my community That's the difference between someone like you and me, I'm... [Hook] [Verse 3: Joell Ortiz] Big Chino got a truck and a bike and a boat But Chino got a gun cause his life full of coke And Chino having fun he don't like being broke But Chino gon' be done, FBI is no joke And I don't want Chi to get knocked When the truck around he buy ice cream for the block See where I'm from the kids look up to the hustlers Even if they family was some of the customers My abuela used to tell me to stay off the corner You heard what happened to Mrs. Rivera's daughter? See she had got caught in the crossfire right there in broad day Shot her in the back trying run in the hallway By my building all you hear is: "Oye, ten cuidado la policia esta en la esquina de Broadway" There's action all the time in my neighborhood But see we all mind our business like a neighbor should [Joell Ortiz] See this one right here is for all my Latinos around the world Around the world, man, there's so many of us, man Be proud of who you are, man I love ya'll niggas! Joell Ortiz! [Hook]