Ghetto Child

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 (No, no) Just believe that a ghetto child Can rise to 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 to 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 in a different light Just forget, all about those stereotypes Ain't gon' let this hood bring me down Gonna take this life and turn it around That's right, 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 to 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 to 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, oh-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 to the highest elevation (Everybody sing it now, yeah) Know that I am a ghetto child But I can see 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