Ghetto Child
The Boys Choir of Harlem, Shaggy, Joe
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All the ghettos around the world Dig this, ghetto Fabulous Joe Shaggy All the children sing I'm a ghetto child I'm a ghetto child (Check it, out) there's a world out there that I wanna see There's a man that I'm destined to be I won't be stopped by the ghetto streets I believe inside that I can't be beat This life could be a ball and chain If you let yourself get caught in the game I had some friends who sold drugs for dough But I don't intend to go down that road Just because I'm a ghetto child I won't live down to your expectations Just believe that a ghetto child Can rise in the highest celebration Know that I am a ghetto child But I can see the best in me, can you I'm a ghetto child All the ghettos around the world, dig this One day I'm gonna change the world Make a better place for every boy and girl Everyone in need, homeless families Have a place to sleep and food to eat I?ll take every gun off the streets So another tear won't be shed in grief And every thug in every hood I will make ?em change from bad to good I believe that it can be done Gotta start somewhere and I'm that one All the children sing (Yeah, yeah) All the children sing (Yeah, yeah) Just because I'm a ghetto child I won't live down to your expectations Just believe that a ghetto child Can rise in the highest celebration Know that I am a ghetto child But I can see the best in me, can you I'm a ghetto child (Ooh, yeah, ooh) Hey, yo?, look at me in a different light Spare me all about those stereotypes Ain't no madness that'll bring me down Gonna take this life and turn it around That's right, the sky?s the limit, I won't be denied Ain't no stoppin? me, I'm a ghetto child And at the end when it?s said and done We will all be singin? this ghetto song I believe that it can be done Gotta start somewhere and I'm that one All the children sing (Yeah, yeah) All the children sing (Yeah, yeah) Just because I'm a ghetto child I won't live down to your expectations Just believe that a ghetto child Can rise in the highest celebration Know that I am a ghetto child But I can see the best in me, can you I'm a ghetto child (Let?s go to church now) Just because I'm a ghetto child I won't live down to your expectations (Take me to church now) Just believe that a ghetto child Can rise in the highest celebration Know that I am a ghetto child But I can see the best in me, can you I'm a ghetto child (Hey, ghetto child, oh) Just because I'm a ghetto child I won't live down to your expectations (Sing a song for me) Just believe that a ghetto child (Sing a song for me) Can rise in the highest celebration (Everybody sing it now, yeah) Know that I am a ghetto child But I can see the best in me, can you I'm a ghetto child (So I can see the best in me, can you) It?s not where you're from, it?s where you're gonna be It?s not where you're from, it?s where you're gonna be
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Written by: GASNER ALLEN HUGHES, JOE L. THOMAS, JOLYON W. SKINNER, TONYATTA P. MARTINEZ
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