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from their first studio album ''

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'' and the ''Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood'' soundtrack. It samples the

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". It was the Lost Boyz' most successful single, reaching number 33 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 (their only one to reach to top 40) and earning a gold certification from the

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for sales of 500,000 copies.

Song information

The song's lyrics discuss the narrator, a young man, who meets a woman named Renee while coming back from

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. The narrator promptly attempts to initiate a relationship. The song describes that Renee is studying to be a lawyer, while the narrator is a writer. The pair date for several weeks, but the relationship ends abruptly when she is shot to death by a burglar at a robbery. The moral of the song is ''"ghetto love is the law that we live by,"'' describing the inevitable suffering of

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by those raised in crime-ridden areas.

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References

{{Reflist 1996 songs 1996 singles Lost Boyz songs Uptown Records singles Songs written by Mr. Cheeks