Being "Ghetto"
 

In your opinion, what makes someone "ghetto"?

Selling drugs? Cuz I sell tylenol all the time.
Having a tough life? Cuz my dad moved out and I have had a tougher life than some.
Being an addict? I'm addicted to altoids.
Living in a run down house? Cuz the house I live in is pretty bad.
Being poor? I'm not dirt poor but I'm not rich.

I mean, how do you define "ghetto". If you judge it like that, then I am ghetto. But I mean, if you black and go through that are you more "ghetto" than a guy who is white and went through that?

its partly that, its partly your state and mind frame, and the toils n tribulations of your life, street wisdom

and a black guy who went through the same as a whit guy is not simply more ghetto bcos he is black...i am black and sayin a black guy is automatically more ghetto is wackness...

Well, I lived in Detroit, good part though. I guess the point I am trying to make is that being "ghetto" is used as a compliment now, but to me it seems like it is saying, "Congradulations, you are a piece or trash who probably can't read"

I think the opposite, altho i can c ur point, but whnen i call sum1 ghetto im normally referrin to their street wisdom n demanour n life story.

Most people define ghetto has being out of the ordinary, and being ill-mannered. Most people also use ghetto when they are talking about Blacks. In America, and probably all across the world, Blacks are considered the "ghetto" race.
Ghetto is actually a section of a city occupied by a minority group who live there especially because of social, economic, or legal pressure.
A sentence using the word "ghetto" to most people would be something like this:
"That house looks hella ghetto",< (messed up/ran down) ,"She got ghetto booty", <(black girls ass/it's big) or something in that nature. Most people use the word "ghetto" as a slang word when they are speaking about blacks.

If you do go through that, then fine, no problem.

What really pisses ME off is when kids fight about who's more "Ghetto," as if being poor is the coolest thing in the world.

That's part of my point. Why does society act like it's cool to be poor?

Because of peer pressure. You got MTV still running this crap 24/7 and teenagers watching it. They're stupid then enough to like it, because all of their friends listen to the stuff called "hip-pop" and wear "ghetto" clothes. Even though we don't see it, we do it out of pressure sometimes. It's alright to wear hip-hop inspired clothes, but it's bullsh*t that those stupid kids out there think it's cool to be from the hood. I can't go by one day without seeing some idiot bragging to be gangsta. I could go on expressing my hate, but everyone already knows what I mean. But fuck it, I don't give a shit about them, I know that I'm already better than those people, so I don't have to be like them.

Finally! We know what Nelly is now!

Hip-POP!

what really pisses me off is when ppl tell me I'm a sellout cuz i made it out of the hood.
wtf!? why would i want to stay in a place where its not safe to walk the streets at night. My pops died on the same corner my grandfather did. i dont wanna continue the tradition. my brother got locked up cuz he killed a dude trying to rob him... the hood is not fun. everyone i know is trying to get out. just a lot of folks dont know how. or ar too institutionalized to do so.

i dont think u gotta sell drugs or even have any influence what so ever in drugs ta be ''ghetto''...if your ghetto, your ghetto, you dont choose ta be, it all comes down too the fianacial situation, the way you act/talk does not make u ghetto...its where u live, what u do, what u know, an how u live your life.

i would certainly not call you a sellout.

i'm in the same situation, i was born n raized in sacramento, i had a hard life, poppa was doin drugs, disrespectin my momma, she got lucky an got a promotion, we moved out here too orlando, well kissimme, but still.........propps goes out too you, not criticism.

"life in the hood, is all good for nobody!" < tupac!

that is not true ^^^

some people thrive on the ''hood life''...problem is...people sterotype the hoodz an projects across america because what they hear in songs & see on Tv

yeah thats true, but when i was in america n i was goin thru da 'ghettos' the fuckin places were hella better than most areas Over here!! serious, I hate the whole 'ghetto mentality' where ppl r like 'fuck i gotta do drugs n get guns n shit!' (i no thats a stereotype) but thats what ppl see on tv n hear on the radio so ppl adapt that mindframe! It's fuckin stupid if u ask me!

you lived in brooklyn 2 weeks ago
and you lived in Boston 2 weeks before that?

LOL, How you gonna sit an tell me of all people IT IS TRUE?

Thats exactly what am talkin about......

what you know about Ghettos?!?!...your from....Britain lol......you proved my point because u were sterotyping with that comment right there, assuming because 2pac said somthin in a song it must be true...........

LMAO, Who me?!

i have never claimed i live in any of those places, maybe your gettin me confuzed wit somebody else buddy...........................

Actually i Think d ghetto symbolizes ur cage,struggles,trail and tribulations which u have been given d task to break out from.where i live, the physical ghetto is depressing...no electricity yet we pay bills,work hard in skool but d rich pay their way thru,no jobs,insurance? wats dat?....if u even get to buy a second hand car ur a big boy.All this and more are chains dat the average nigerian has to deal wit....so by being Ghetto or Down wit it,ur signin up for the struggle and when u break free u betta b proud of it man!

^^^^can u read!!!? damn! i sed i no its a stereotype!! fuck u should learn to read! and it aint true thats what im sayin! lil faggotts take it out of songs n shit and 'adapt that mentality' like i sed b4 its stupid!
plus what i no about ghettos!!? wat!? is america the only place in the world that has bad neighbourhoods!!!? 'ghetto mentality' is everywhere not jus in america!

^^^
thats ghetto shit... that right there is bein ghetto... just bein in a situation alot of people can't get out and getting killed is a everyday thing...(like jews in ww2)
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and when people try reppin that they ghetto or "more ghetto" than someone else because the ghetto is real and being real is a compliment... so basically its just another word for bein real, not another word for bein poor and stupid.
i dont wanna be ghetto but i try to be real, and if someone tried fighting over who's more ghetto i'd laugh at 'em cuz they're prolly dumb asses and dont have any idea what bein real is about.

If u refer to anything as "being ghetto"....u are not it

CAN SOMEBODY TELL ME WHAT THIS MAN IS TRYIN TO SAY? I CANT READ....

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lmao!! :laugh2: damn omen ur so ghetto, congratulations on being a piece of trash! j/p! :thumbup:

To me, being ghetto is a mindstate, not where you live, what you look like, what you wear or what you say, in my opinion, its not bein afraid to say what you feel and not takeing shit from no 1, also about knowin what you want and gettin it, being on a paper chase, and being respected, thats what it is to me, who knows, everyone thinks differently, i just think with a fight club mind set.....

I agree with AS, its not about where you live,what you look like. I think its about not being intimidated to speak your mind, and also i think its about what they've gone through during their life.

^- word.........

lmao at every1 having cali owned in their sig...

seriously what did that guy do to everyone on this site!? lol all i hear is ppl talkin bout him (ITS FUNNY) jus askin, did he do anything specifically or does him breathin the same air as u, jus piss u off!? lol :)

He was the site clown, but he is getting boring now so I am trying to find the new site clown. He creates beef to up his post count, and talks a lot of ish which was fun to read until it all became the same. Also his stupidity is now annoying instead of funny to read. Overall, he was something to laugh at, but now he is just a pest.

ghetto is bein black and from the city, u could b from another racial neighborhood in the city and still the ghetto thing wouldnt work. its reserved for being black but thats just my view

I Live In Compton,Thatz The Real "Hood"

I thought that was called confidence or self-esteem?

ooh! thanx 4 clearin that up 4 me! :thumbup: can sum1 not block him from the site or sumthin? :huh:

he's a 24 year old net thug lol .... but this isn't the section to be talking bout this....

And people say white people are racial? This is my point, I hear rap artists say "Black on black violence" like its special. What about white on white violence? It's just as bad. It seems like African Americans draw more attention to the violence, killing, etc... in their lives. This doesn't help people's view of them. Why do you continue to rap about drugs, violence, sex, and stuff that people frown upon?

cali is a queer, he's been one since he signed up as caliph, than changed his name to empire......than to cali...

word....nas commin with that bullshit, i wont listen to nas ever since that song

what song?^^^^^^^