Donald Fagen

Out Of The Ghetto

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You've come a long way, baby,
From wealth and food-stamp lines.
You're moving on up,
And leaving poverty behind.
You've had a good education,
Seen the best of the schools,
But when you take a drink,
The ghetto comes out of you.

I took you out of the ghetto
(I took you out of the ghetto)
I took you out of the ghetto
(I took you out of the ghetto)
I took you out of the ghetto
(I took you out of the ghetto)
But I could not get that ghetto out of you.

You're a foxy lady,
Your momma had a beautiful child.
You're built like a brick house
And that's no lie.
When we go to the disco,
You drive the fellas wild
When you shake your booty
Ghetto style.

You're a hunk of raw sugar,
Got some real sweet hips.
Your love, your love, your love,
Is like a honey drip.
Your roots are in the mean streets.
That'll never change.
Ghetto mamma,
Stay the same.

Ghetto mamma, don't you change,
Ghetto mamma, stay the same.
[x5]

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songmeanings On Oct 15, 2012

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You've come a long way, baby, 
From wealth and food-stamp lines.
You're moving on up, 
And leaving poverty behind. 
You've had a good education, 
Seen the best of the schools, 
But when you take a drink, 
The ghetto comes out of you.

I took you out of the ghetto
(I took you out of the ghetto) 
I took you out of the ghetto
(I took you out of the ghetto) 
I took you out of the ghetto
(I took you out of the ghetto) 
But I could not get that ghetto out of you.

You're a foxy lady, 
Your momma had a beautiful child.
You're built like a brick house
And that's no lie. 
When we go to the disco, 
You drive the fellas wild
When you shake your booty
Ghetto style.

I took you out of the ghetto
(I took you out of the ghetto) 
I took you out of the ghetto
(I took you out of the ghetto) 
I took you out of the ghetto
(I took you out of the ghetto) 
But I could not get that ghetto out of you.

You're a hunk of raw sugar, 
Got some real sweet hips.
Your love, your love, your love, 
Is like a honey drip.
Your roots are in the mean streets.
That'll never change.
Ghetto mamma,
Stay the same.

I took you out of the ghetto
(I took you out of the ghetto) 
I took you out of the ghetto
(I took you out of the ghetto) 
I took you out of the ghetto
(I took you out of the ghetto) 
But I could not get that ghetto out of you.

Ghetto mamma, don't you change, 
Ghetto mamma, stay the same.
[x5]

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2012-10-15 20:34:06

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by heatherfer

13y ago

Heh: I'll tell you what it means. The famous composer of Steely Dan's most blatant song about interracial sex, "Babylon Sisters", has finally come out of the closet with these lyrics as a lover of black women. Here, Donald Fagen is addressing an African-American woman he's given money to, and lusts after, and is presumably doing, and dates, but notices she becomes "uncomfortably black" after having a drink.

Told ya Fagen was into sistas :)

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by soviet1043 11y ago

Sorry, but this song wasn't written by Fagan (see top of lyric sheet for writing credit). Further, I don't believe Babylon mentions anything about race at all. Thanks for playing tho.

by soviet1043 11y ago

@heatherfer - not that its not true that Fagen probably is "into the sistas". I'd be surprised if that wasn't the case. ;)

by Robaloooo

13y ago

"UncomfortabIy black"? lol No, he likes the ghetto in her. Otherwise why would he say "don't you change... stay the same"?

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