[Verse 1: Lupe Fiasco] What do you do when it’s so unequal? Wear Michael Jordan’s with your tuxedos It’s hood now It’s hood now Yea, yea It’s “hood” now Public school system only teaching parts So the school of hard knocks is what make you street smart You’re hood now Hood now Yea, yea Hood now Open fire hydrant ‘front the liquor store Kool and perm ads all on the billboards You in the hood now You in the hood now That’s right You in the hood now Ramen noodle soups, you make the best Water in the milk to make it stretch That’s the hood now That’s the hood now That’s the hood now That’s the hood now Ivy League was running really well then They slipped up and let Cornel in It’s hood now It’s hood now Yes it is It’s hood now In Miami Beach, it’s rich white folks But Memorial Day, “you know who” do the most It’s hood now It’s hood now It’s hood now Yea, it’s hood now And house shoes is for the house fool The homies wear ‘em out, how cool It’s hood now It’s hood now That’s hood now Oh yea, that’s hood now And that Mercedes Benz, on them giant rims Open up the trunk and see ‘bout twenty ten’s That’s hood now It’s hood now That’s hood now Oh yea, that’s hood now And diamond chains was for kings and queens But since we got to ‘em they’ll never be the same They hood now They hood now Bling, Bling It’s hood now You pissed her off, you broke the rules Her earrings out, she taking off her shoes It’s hood now It’s hood now It’s about to be... Really hood now Chop up Jazz, loop up the Rock Sample the Blues, call it Hip-Hop It’s hood now It’s hood now Yea mayne It’s hood now [Hook] We took that hurt, made it into songs God bless the child that’s got his own Sayin’ it’s hood now Sayin’ it’s hood now [Verse 2: Lupe Fiasco] Pants saggin’ right off my ass I sit it down, right in first class It’s hood now It’s hood now Yes sir It’s hood now Fancy restaurant, dress code