[Intro]
Yeah
People always ask me, “How come they don’t play your music on the radio?”
“How come we don’t see you on tv?”
Real simple
(Southside, if you’re down to ride,…)
Underground (…all my underground Gs, hold you hands up high)
Y’all will feel it
(Northside, if you’re down to ride, all my underground Gs, hold your hands up high)
Yeah
(Westside, if you’re down to ride, all my underground Gs, hold your hands up high)
(Eastside, if you’re down to ride, all my underground Gs, hold your hands up high)

[Verse 1]
(I’m underground)
As if somebody tried to bury me (underground)
Like people in the cemetery be (I’m underground)
Like a one million dollar [?] (underground)
Just like people think that hell is (I’m underground)
Like a killer that’s in go-to-jail mode (underground)
Like Harriet Tubman in that railroad (underground)
Like old pimps and cheating ass spouses (underground)
Just like butt naked clubs and weed houses (I’m underground)
Like a young thug that just stole a bike (underground)
Just like Richard Pryor in Dolemite (I’m underground)
Like some shit that oughta not be on tv (underground)
Like my patna Ganksta NIP’s first cd (I’m underground)
Just like organized crime and mob shit (I’m underground)
Like a hitman and a pull a job quick (I’m underground)
Like the lost city of Atlantis in this joint
(K, Atlantis was underwater)
Aw fuck it, y’all get the point (I’m underground)
[Refrain]
Ghetto lessons while police arresting
If you underground, bust first and then ask questions
Ghetto lessons while police arresting
If you underground, bust first and then ask questions

[Verse 2]
(I’m underground)
Yeah patna, call me the hat burner (I’m underground)
Just like Shaka Sankofa and Nat Turner (I’m underground)
Like a inmate with three or four shanks (I’m underground)
Like your sister after three or four drinks (I’m underground)
So perpetrators need not apply (underground)
Like cocaine, ex pills and fry (I’m underground)
Up in my neighborhood, most things are (underground)
Like a joyride in a dope fiend’s car (I’m underground)
Don’t believe me, strap your boots up and see (I’m underground)
I’m equivalent to the roots of a tree (I’m underground)
An intellectual threat to mankind (underground)
Like explosives in a fucking landmine (I’m underground)
You’s a sellout, I wouldn’t wanna be you (underground)
I’m so deep that I can look up and see you (I’m underground)
Like street ball and counterfeit money (I’m underground)
I mean-mug ‘cause ain’t shit funny (underground)

[Refrain]
Ghetto lessons while police arresting
If you underground, bust first and then ask questions
Ghetto lessons while police arresting
If you underground, bust first and then ask questions
[Verse 3]
(I’m underground)
Feel free to test me if you wanna (underground)
Like a dice game on a Fifth Ward corner (I’m underground)
Man, I’ll mess around and jack Santa Claus (underground)
Like a fugitive that’s hiding from the laws (I’m underground)
Like these dirty police that shoot blacks (underground)
Like the Gs in the hood that shoot back (I’m underground)
A Plain Jane never been fly, fool (I’m underground)
Like them dudes who beat your ass in high school (I'm underground)
Like the corpse of a snitching ass coward (underground)
Like the corner store that sells liquor after hours (I’m underground)
Make a move if you wanna be brave, bastard (I’m underground)
Like the field n***a that murdered the slavemaster (I’m underground)
Please know that I ain’t scared to show it (underground)
You’s a hoe and you too mainstream to know it (I’m underground)
Just like a pistol loaded with lead (underground)
But somehow I’m still over your head (underground)

[Refrain]
Ghetto lessons while police arresting
If you underground, bust first and then ask questions
Ghetto lessons while police arresting
If you underground, bust first and then ask questions