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

Just believe that a ghetto child

Can rise in the highest celebration



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 in the highest celebration



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

Spare me all about those stereotypes

Ain't no madness that'll bring me down

Gonna take this life and turn it around



That's right, the 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

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 in the highest celebration



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

I won't live down to your expectations

(Take me to church now)

Just believe that a ghetto child

Can rise in the highest celebration



Know that I am a ghetto child

But I can see the best in me, can you

I'm a ghetto child

(Hey, ghetto child, oh)



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 in the highest celebration

(Everybody sing it now, yeah)



Know that I am a ghetto child

But I can see the best in me, can you

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

It's not where you're from, it's where you're gonna be