Pride movie - Let's Clean Up The Ghetto lyrics

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Song by The Philadelphia International All-Stars<br /><br>

You know<br>

I was in New York City a few months ago<br>

And the garbage and the trashmen were on strike<br>

I'm tellin', the maintenance people of the city<br>

What they were tryin' to do<br>

They were tryin' to get a little more money<br>

You know, get a little raise in pay<br>

But at that particular time the city was broke<br>

They were about to declare default<br>

I tell you, the garbage in some places<br>

Were stacked up two, three stories high<br>

At night, haha<br>

Boy, at night it weren't een safe to walk the street<br>

'Cause they caught the rats<br>

The roaches and the waterbuff<br>

I'm unable hustlin', baby<br>

Tryin' to get somethin' to eat, see?<br>

And let met tell you somethin'<br>

It was stinkin'<br>

And it was all kind of diseases in there, you know?<br>

But it only brought to mind the fact that<br>

You can no longer depend on the man downtown<br>

To take care of business like he's supposed to<br>

When he's supposed to<br>

If all of us would get it like it's supposed to be<br>

As far as cleaniness, you know, and safety<br>

We gotta get together and do it for ourselves<br>

That's the only way it's gonna be done<br>

And you know what I'm talkin' about?<br>

Let me tell you what I mean<br>

Clean it up, clean it up (Well, y'all)<br>

Clean it up, clean it up (You gotta get it)<br>

Clean it up, clean it up (Yes, gonna get it)<br>

Clean it up, clean it up<br>

Ghetto!<br>

Talkin' 'bout the ghetto!<br>

Ghetto is our home<br>

That's where we live, where we live<br>

Get some paint, fetch your hammer, your nails<br>

If you broomed, you mop and you pails<br>

We're gonna wash it, polish<br>

And make it all clean<br>

Let's wash away all of the sins<br>

Time for a new life to begin<br>

In the ghetto<br>

I said (Clean it up, clean it up)<br>

I said we're gonna (Clean it up, clean it up)<br>

Because the (Ghetto)<br>

I said the (Ghetto)<br>

(Ghetto is our home)<br>

That's where we live, where we live<br>

Let's paint the signs everybody can read<br>

Let's get rid of everything we don't need<br>

Pushers, the dealers<br>

The pot, crook, snatchers and thieves, aha<br>

Let's make the streets safe for women to walk<br>

Let's get rid of all the faul talk<br>

We gonna do it<br>

And all of us shall survive<br>

I said we're gonna (Clean it up, clean it up) Do it<br>

We got to (Clean it up, clean it up) Hey!<br>

(Ghetto) Said the ghetto<br>

(Ghetto is our home)<br>

That's where we live from day to day<br>

(Where we live, where we live)<br>

All of your brothers that live on the mainline<br>

You lived in the ghetto once upon a time<br>

We need everybody to lend a hand<br>

No you've helped everybody else<br>

Now's the time for you to help yourself<br>

We can't depend, depend on the people, no, no<br>

Well, well, get it up, get it up<br>

Clean it up, clean it up (Well, well, ya)<br>

Clean it up, clean it up (Hey, hey, hey)<br>

Ghetto, ghetto<br>

Ghetto is our home<br>

Yeah, that's where we live, where we live<br>

I said (Clean it up, clean it up)<br>

(Come on, y'all, let's clean it up, clean it up)<br>

(Come on, y'all, let's clean it up, clean it up)<br>

(Come on, y'all, let's clean it up, clean it up)<br>

(Come on, y'all, let's clean it up, clean it up)<br>

(Come on, y'all, let's clean it up, clean it up)<br>

I said (Come on, y'all, let's clean it up, clean it up)<br>

(Come on, y'all, let's clean it up, clean it up)<br>

(Come on, y'all, let's clean it up, clean it up)<br>

(Come on, y'all, let's clean it up, clean it up)<br>

(Come on, y'all, let's clean it up, clean it up)<br>

(Come on, y'all, let's clean it up, clean it up)<br>

(Come on, y'all, let's clean it up, clean it up)<br>

(Come on, y'all, let's clean it up, clean it up)<br>

(Come on, y'all, let's clean it up, clean it up)<br>

(Come on, y'all, let's clean it up, clean it up)<br>

(Come on, y'all, let's clean it up, clean it up)<br>

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