Ghetto Child

[All the ghettos around the world]
[Dig this]
[Ghetto Fabulous Joe]
[Shaggy]
All the children sing [Uh]
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 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 (No, no)
Just believe that a ghetto child
Can rise in the highest elevation (Oh)
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 elevation
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 inna 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
{Now see, 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 (Yeah, oh)
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 elevation (Oh...oh...oh...)
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 (Uh)
I won’t live down to your expectations (Take me to church now)
Just believe that a ghetto child (Ooh)
Can rise in the highest elevation (Hey, hey)
Know that I am a ghetto child (Ooh, yeah)
But I can see the best in me, can you
I’m a ghetto child (Hey, ghetto child, whoa...oh...ooh...)
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 elevation (Everybody sing it now, yeah)
Know that I am a ghetto child
But I can see (Ooh, yeah) the best in me, can you (Oh)
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
(Hey)
It’s not where you’re from, it’s where you’re gonna be