JOE - Ghetto Child lyrics
rate meFeat. shaggy<br><br>{all the ghettos around the world}<br>{dig this}<br>{ghetto fabulous joe}<br>{shaggy}<br>All the children sing {uh}<br><br>I'm a ghetto child<br>I'm a ghetto child (check it, out)<br><br>There's a world out there that I wanna see<br>There's a man that I'm destined to be<br>I won't be stopped by the ghetto streets<br>I believe inside that I can't be beat<br><br>This life could be a ball and chain<br>If you let yourself get caught in the game<br>I had some friends who sold drugs for dough<br>But I don't intend to go down that road<br><br>Just because I'm a ghetto child<br>I won't live down to your expectations (no, no)<br>Just believe that a ghetto child<br>Can rise in the highest celebration (oh)<br>Know that I am a ghetto child<br>But I can see the best in me, can you<br>I'm a ghetto child<br><br>All the ghettos around the world, dig this<br><br>One day I'm gonna change the world<br>Make a better place for every boy and girl<br>Everyone in need, homeless families<br>Have a place to sleep and food to eat<br><br>I'll take every gun off the streets<br>So another tear won't be shed in grief<br>And every thug in every hood<br>I will make 'em change from bad to good<br><br>I believe that it can be done<br>Gotta start somewhere and I'm that one<br>All the children sing (yeah, yeah)<br>All the children sing (yeah, yeah)<br><br>Just because I'm a ghetto child<br>I won't live down to your expectations<br>Just believe that a ghetto child<br>Can rise in the highest celebration<br>Know that I am a ghetto child<br>But I can see the best in me, can you<br>I'm a ghetto child (ooh, yeah, ooh)<br><br>{hey, yo', look at me inna different light}<br>{spare me all about those stereotypes}<br>Ain't no madness that'll bring me down<br>Gonna take this life and turn it around<br><br>{now see, the sky's the limit, I won't be denied}<br>{ain't no stoppin' me, I'm a ghetto child}<br>And at the end when it's said and done<br>We will all be singin' this ghetto song<br><br>I believe that it can be done (yeah, oh)<br>Gotta start somewhere and I'm that one<br>All the children sing (yeah, yeah)<br>All the children sing (yeah, yeah)<br><br>Just because I'm a ghetto child<br>I won't live down to your expectations<br>Just believe that a ghetto child<br>Can rise in the highest celebration (oh...oh...oh...)<br>Know that I am a ghetto child<br>But I can see the best in me, can you<br>I'm a ghetto child (let's go to church now)<br><br>Just because I'm a ghetto child (uh)<br>I won't live down to your expectations (take me to<br>Church now)<br>Just believe that a ghetto child (ooh)<br>Can rise in the highest celebration (hey, hey)<br>Know that I am a ghetto child (ooh, yeah)<br>But I can see the best in me, can you<br>I'm a ghetto child (hey, ghetto child,<br>Whoa...oh...ooh...)<br><br>Just because I'm a ghetto child<br>I won't live down to your expectations (sing a song<br>For me)<br>Just believe that a ghetto child (sing a song for me)<br>Can rise in the highest celebration (everybody sing it<br>Now, yeah)<br>Know that I am a ghetto child<br>But I can see (ooh, yeah) the best in me, can you (oh)<br>I'm a ghetto child (so I can see the best in me, can<br>You)<br><br>It's not where you're from, it's where you're gonna be<br>(hey)<br>It's not where you're from, it's where you're gonna be
