Ghetto, ghetto, Oh, been, I've been praying for you Hallelujah.
(Lord save church) It is easy as 1, 2, 3, I wanna be on TV, And if that's wrong, please don't me, 'Cause where I live we have In the ghetto, ghetto, ghetto. In the ghetto, ghetto, ghetto.
kids growing up without no education, Mom's on drugs, 'cause her only medication. Nobody's home, but they on a vacation, But they left the alone watching the TV station. What's wrong the picture, please, someone give me the answers be wondering why the girls grow up to be dancers Then we why the boys grow up to be dealers And they be angry at the whole world to kill us. Aye, we start to resolve the whole problems How we let our little just turn into goblins Why we got them all and stealing and robbing We need to plan a little seed to the mobbing Why don't we teach them that to reach for the stars? they can be defiant with a future worse than ours Don't want them looking in the and covering scars They need a out the ghetto, ghetto, hello.
It is as 1, 2, 3, I be what's on TV, And if that's wrong, please blame me, 'Cause where I we have nothing In the ghetto, ghetto, ghetto. In the ghetto, ghetto, ghetto.
Little boy had a dream of a ball player 'His little homie grow to be a rhyme slayer, Little missy wanna grow to be a While the momma at home drinking on the bottle. Aye, how come little one to and be a councilman? or governor, a mayor politician Probably the politicians keep tricking 'em that they fixing it but they ain't really fixing it. Aye, that's why they to be like me Jigga like B and Nicky and Ri Every day in the is an emergency But the powers that be emerge and seek That's why you see killing, why you see crimes, That's why you see the homies in the doing time That's why you see crack, why you see blacks trap With no out the ghetto, ghetto.
It is as 1, 2, 3, I be what's on TV, And if wrong, please don't blame me, 'Cause I live we have nothing In the ghetto, ghetto, ghetto. In the ghetto, ghetto, ghetto.
It is as 1, 2, 3, I be what's on TV, And if wrong, please don't blame me, 'Cause where I we have nothing In the ghetto, ghetto, ghetto. In the ghetto, ghetto, ghetto.
Ghetto, ghetto, Oh Lord, I've been, been praying for you Hallelujah, Lord these children