Ghetto Child

All the ghettos around the world
Dig this, ghetto Fabulous Joe
Shaggy
All the children sing

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
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
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 in a different light
Spare me all about those stereotypes
Aint no madness thatll bring me down
Gonna take this life and turn it around

That's right, 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
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
(Lets go to church now)

Just because Im a ghetto child
I wont 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
Im a ghetto child
(Hey, ghetto child, oh)

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

Its not where youre from, its where youre gonna be
Its not where youre from, its where youre gonna be