Intro: Fat Joe 
Anything you wanna let niggas know out there 
On the rea— on some real street shit 
Where?you?ain't gotta hold?your tongue, nah mean? 
What's the deal? 

Chorus: Dre 
Forgive?me, I'm a nigga from the projects 
Forgive me, I'm a nigga from the projects 
Forgive me, I'm a nigga from the projects 
Forgive me, I'm a nigga from the 'jects 
No apologies for my fresh behavior 
No preachers the church has could save ya 
Shots ring out, you get stretched and laid up 
Streets got drugs, guns, and sex for sale 
So, forgive me, I'ma nigga from the projects 
Forgive me, I'ma nigga from the projects 
Forgive me, I'ma nigga from the projects 
Forgive me, I'ma nigga from the 'jects 

Verse 1: Fat Joe 
Forgive me, I'm a milli from the projects 
Drip team, triple beam and the Pyrex 
Suicide, it's a suicide 
All these lights above my head, why are you surprised? 
Every floor of my building got a precious 
Now I'm gripping on the ice inside your precious 
Get my movie on in that Louis Vuitton 
Let my bitch make your bitch look like Precious, uh 
And I ain't ever trust no chick 
If she workin' at the club, then that's not yo' bitch 
All my niggas got Scarface tatted 
Got hittas on deck and they not gon' miss 

Chorus: Dre
Forgive me, I'm a nigga from the projects
Forgive me, I'm a nigga from the projects
Forgive me, I'm a nigga from the projects
Forgive me, I'm a nigga from the 'jects
No apologies for my fresh behavior
No preachers the church has could save ya
Shots ring out, you get stretched and laid up
Streets got drugs, guns, and sex for sale
So, forgive me, I'ma nigga from the projects
Forgive me, I'ma nigga from the projects
Forgive me, I'ma nigga from the projects
Forgive me, I'ma nigga from the 'jects

Verse 2: Dre
Forgive me, I'm a nigga out the projects
From where they pick out all the NFL prospects
Either you rich or you poor, a simple concept
So cooking up or totin' a rocket was some progress
But these days, you gotta watch what you post
Tryna speak truth or power get you shot like ghost, whoa
But fuck it, I'm a nigga out the ghetto
Where when all else fails, you start hustlin' the Holy Ghost (Church)
You wanna be owners or an opponents
Freezer cold on beaches sippin' Corona
You ain't a rebel the second you choose a set, nigga
We call the cap on that bullshit you tryna peddle, nigga

Chorus: Dre
Forgive me, I'm a nigga from the projects
Forgive me, I'm a nigga from the projects
Forgive me, I'm a nigga from the projects
Forgive me, I'm a nigga from the 'jects
No apologies for my fresh behavior
No preachers the church has could save ya
Shots ring out, you get stretched and laid up
Streets got drugs, guns, and sex for sale
So, forgive me, I'ma nigga from the projects
Forgive me, I'ma nigga from the projects
Forgive me, I'ma nigga from the projects
Forgive me, I'ma nigga from the 'jects