Ghetto Child

Lyrics

[Intro: Shaggy (Joe)] All the ghettos around the world, dig this Ghetto, Fabulous, Joe Shaggy! (All the children sing) [The Boys Choir of Harlem] I'm a ghetto child I'm a ghetto child [Verse 1: Joe] 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 sold drugs for dough But I don't intend to go down that road [Chorus: The Boys Choir of Harlem] 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 [Verse 2: Joe (Shaggy)] (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 [Pre-Chorus: Joe (The Boys Choir of Harlem)] 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) [Chorus: The Boys Choir of Harlem] 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 [Verse 3: Joe Shaggy & Joe] 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 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 [Pre-Chorus: Joe (The Boys Choir of Harlem)] 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) [Chorus: The Boys Choir of Harlem] X3 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 [Outro] 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