[Intro: Fat Joe]Anything you wanna let niggas know out thereOn the rea— on some real street shitWhere you ain't gotta hold your tongue, nah mean?What's the deal?[Chorus: Dre]Forgive me, I'm a nigga from the projectsForgive me, I'm a nigga from the projectsForgive me, I'm a nigga from the projectsForgive me, I'm a nigga from the 'jectsNo apologies for my fresh behaviorNo preachers the church has could save yaShots ring out, you get stretched and laid upStreets got drugs, guns, and sex for saleSo, forgive me, I'ma nigga from the projectsForgive me, I'ma nigga from the projectsForgive me, I'ma nigga from the projectsForgive me, I'ma nigga from the 'jects[Verse 1: Fat Joe]Forgive me, I'm a milli from the projectsDrip team, triple beam and the PyrexSuicide, it's a suicideAll these lights above my head, why are you surprised?Every floor of my building got a preciousNow I'm gripping on the ice inside your preciousGet my movie on in that Louis VuittonLet my bitch make your bitch look like Precious, uhAnd I ain't ever trust no chickIf she workin' at the club, then that's not yo' bitchAll my niggas got Scarface tattedGot hittas on deck and they not gon' miss[Chorus: Dre]Forgive me, I'm a nigga from the projectsForgive me, I'm a nigga from the projectsForgive me, I'm a nigga from the projectsForgive me, I'm a nigga from the 'jectsNo apologies for my fresh behaviorNo preachers the church has could save yaShots ring out, you get stretched and laid upStreets got drugs, guns, and sex for saleSo, forgive me, I'ma nigga from the projectsForgive me, I'ma nigga from the projectsForgive me, I'ma nigga from the projectsForgive me, I'ma nigga from the 'jects[Verse 2: Dre]Forgive me, I'm a nigga out the projectsFrom where they pick out all the NFL prospectsEither you rich or you poor, a simple conceptSo cooking up or totin' a rocket was some progressBut these days, you gotta watch what you postTryna speak truth or power get you shot like ghost, whoaBut fuck it, I'm a nigga out the ghettoWhere when all else fails, you start hustlin' the Holy Ghost (Church)You wanna be owners or an opponentsFreezer cold on beaches sippin' CoronaYou ain't a rebel the second you choose a set, niggaWe call the cap on that bullshit you tryna peddle, nigga[Chorus: Dre]Forgive me, I'm a nigga from the projectsForgive me, I'm a nigga from the projectsForgive me, I'm a nigga from the projectsForgive me, I'm a nigga from the 'jectsNo apologies for my fresh behaviorNo preachers the church has could save yaShots ring out, you get stretched and laid upStreets got drugs, guns, and sex for saleSo, forgive me, I'ma nigga from the projectsForgive me, I'ma nigga from the projectsForgive me, I'ma nigga from the projectsForgive me, I'ma nigga from the 'jects
