Ghetto Child (feat. Shaggy)

All the ghettos around the world

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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