{All the ghettos around the world}

{Dig this}

{Ghetto Fabulous Joe}

{Shaggy}

All the children sing {Uh}





Im a ghetto child

Im a ghetto child (Check it, out)





Theres a world out there that I wanna see

Theres a man that Im destined to be

I wont be stopped by the ghetto streets

I believe inside that I cant 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 dont intend to go down that road





Just because Im a ghetto child

I wont live down to your expectations (No, no)

Just believe that a ghetto child

Can rise in the highest celebration (Oh)

Know that I am a ghetto child

But I can see the best in me, can you

Im a ghetto child





All the ghettos around the world, dig this





One day Im 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





Ill take every gun off the streets

So another tear wont 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 Im that one

All the children sing (Yeah, yeah)

All the children sing (Yeah, yeah)





Just because Im a ghetto child

I wont 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

Im a ghetto child (Ooh, yeah, ooh)





{Hey, yo, look at me inna different light}

{Spare me all about those stereotypes}

Aint no madness thatll bring me down

Gonna take this life and turn it around





{Now see, the skys the limit, I wont be denied}

{Aint no stoppin me, Im a ghetto child}

And at the end when its said and done

We will all be singin this ghetto song





I believe that it can be done (Yeah, oh)

Gotta start somewhere and Im that one

All the children sing (Yeah, yeah)

All the children sing (Yeah, yeah)





Just because Im a ghetto child

I wont live down to your expectations

Just believe that a ghetto child

Can rise in the highest celebration (Oh...oh...oh...)

Know that I am a ghetto child

But I can see the best in me, can you

Im a ghetto child (Lets go to church now)





Just because Im a ghetto child (Uh)

I wont live down to your expectations (Take me to

church now)

Just believe that a ghetto child (Ooh)

Can rise in the highest celebration (Hey, hey)

Know that I am a ghetto child (Ooh, yeah)

But I can see the best in me, can you

Im a ghetto child (Hey, ghetto child,

whoa...oh...ooh...)





Just because Im a ghetto child

I wont 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 (Ooh, yeah) the best in me, can you (Oh)

Im a ghetto child (So I can see the best in me, can

you)





Its not where youre from, its where youre gonna be

(Hey)

Its not where youre from, its where youre gonna be