Pride movie - Let's Clean Up The Ghetto lyrics
rate meSong 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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