Ghetto chick #1: When I have kids I’m going to beat them.
Ghetto chick #2: Yeah, my mama and daddy beat me, and it showed me right.
Ghetto chick #1: Me, too. I came out fine.
Ghetto chick #2: You know what happens when you don’t beat your kids? Columbine.
–Pace University, Spruce St
Overheard by: cleybold
Ghetto girl #1, as lady tourist outside knocks on door: Why that woman knockin’ on the door?
Ghetto girl #2: ‘Cause she white.
–D train
Ghetto girl #1: Damn, girl, I felt like I was drunk or something!
Ghetto girl #2: Nigga, you was drunk! You was drunk as fuck!
–G train
Overheard by: Jodi
Thugette: So, what you gonna do about him, then?
Thug: I swear to God, he even tries it again, I will pee on his face.
Thugette: You what?
Thug: No, seriously, I will. I will pee. On. His. Face.
–25th & 3rd
Overheard by: Katie
Ghetto girl crossing against the light, as cabbie honks: Dat’s right! Dat’s right! Dat’s right! Hit me! I needs the fuckin’ money!
Brit tourist, waiting for ‘Walk’ light: Oh, how charming.
–32nd & 7th
Overheard by: Just Trying to Make My Train
Ghetto girl #1: Do these shorts make my ass look huge?
Ghetto girl #2: Girl, your huge ass makes your ass look huge, not those nasty shorts.
–H&M, Broadway & Prince
Overheard by: Aria Grillo
Thugette #1: I’m gonna be gettin’ me a mermaid tattoo.
Thugette #2: Mermaids? Hey, mermaids ain’t no gangsta.
Thug: Yo, don’t you be dissin’ those mermaids. I’m down with the Little Mermaid.
–Times Square
Thugette #1: Yo, it’s brick out.
Thugette #2: Yeah, and it’s March.
Thugette #1: Yo! It’s almost summer!
Thugette #3: Summer would be good for us!
–Bronx-bound 2 train
Ghetto girl #1: Do you think I could be a saint?
Ghetto girl #2: No.
Ghetto girl #1: Shut up.
–Brooklyn Public Library
Ghetto chick #1 in crowd: Where you going?
Ghetto chick #2: To get me some dick.
–Utopia Pkwy & Horace Harding Expwy
Overheard by: Audra
