[00:02.34]{All the ghettos around the world}
[00:02.43]Artist: Joe
[00:05.38]{Dig this}
[00:07.76]{Ghetto Fabulous Joe}
[00:10.17]{Shaggy}
[00:11.20]All the children sing {Uh}
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[00:12.48]I'm a ghetto child
[00:17.71]I'm a ghetto child (Check it, out)
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[00:22.49]There's a world out there that I wanna see
[00:26.09]There's a man that I'm destined to be
[00:28.98]I won't be stopped by the ghetto streets
[00:31.80]I believe inside that I can't be beat
[00:34.51]
[00:35.11]This life could be a ball and chain
[00:37.58]If you let yourself get caught in the game
[00:40.51]I had some friends who sold drugs for dough
[00:43.45]But I don't intend to go down that road
[00:45.62]
[00:46.32]Just because I'm a ghetto child
[00:48.83]I won't live down to your expectations (No, no)
[00:52.30]Just believe that a ghetto child
[00:54.63]Can rise in the highest celebration (Oh)
[00:58.13]Know that I am a ghetto child
[01:00.62]But I can see the best in me, can you
[01:04.02]I'm a ghetto child
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[01:07.07]All the ghettos around the world, dig this
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[01:09.77]One day I'm gonna change the world
[01:11.92]Make a better place for every boy and girl
[01:14.89]Everyone in need, homeless families
[01:16.35]Have a place to sleep and food to eat
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[01:21.03]I'll take every gun off the streets
[01:23.67]So another tear won't be shed in grief
[01:26.76]And every thug in every hood
[01:29.18]I will make 'em change from bad to good
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[01:32.24]I believe that it can be done
[01:34.88]Gotta start somewhere and I'm that one
[01:37.87]All the children sing (Yeah, yeah)
[01:40.34]All the children sing (Yeah, yeah)
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[01:44.17]Just because I'm a ghetto child
[01:46.49]I won't live down to your expectations
[01:49.58]Just believe that a ghetto child
[01:51.80]Can rise in the highest celebration
[01:55.39]Know that I am a ghetto child
[01:57.85]But I can see the best in me, can you
[02:01.51]I'm a ghetto child (Ooh, yeah, ooh)
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[02:06.18]{Hey, yo', look at me inna different light}
[02:09.36]{Spare me all about those stereotypes}
[02:12.08]Ain't no madness that'll bring me down
[02:15.14]Gonna take this life and turn it around
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[02:17.94]{Now see, the sky's the limit, I won't be denied}
[02:21.03]{Ain't no stoppin' me, I'm a ghetto child}
[02:23.77]And at the end when it's said and done
[02:26.70]We will all be singin' this ghetto song
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[02:30.01]I believe that it can be done (Yeah, oh)
[02:32.13]Gotta start somewhere and I'm that one
[02:35.59]All the children sing (Yeah, yeah)
[02:37.82]All the children sing (Yeah, yeah)
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[02:41.39]Just because I'm a ghetto child
[02:43.36]I won't live down to your expectations
[02:46.85]Just believe that a ghetto child
[02:49.08]Can rise in the highest celebration (Oh...oh...oh...)
[02:52.72]Know that I am a ghetto child
[02:55.41]But I can see the best in me, can you
[02:58.75]I'm a ghetto child (Let's go to church now)
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[03:04.32]Just because I'm a ghetto child (Uh)
[03:06.69]I won't live down to your expectations (Take me to
[03:09.58]church now)
[03:10.52]Just believe that a ghetto child (Ooh)
[03:12.18]Can rise in the highest celebration (Hey, hey)
[03:15.63]Know that I am a ghetto child (Ooh, yeah)
[03:18.13]But I can see the best in me, can you
[03:21.36]I'm a ghetto child (Hey, ghetto child,
[03:24.65]whoa...oh...ooh...)
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[03:27.40]Just because I'm a ghetto child
[03:29.29]I won't live down to your expectations (Sing a song
[03:32.49]for me)
[03:33.16]Just believe that a ghetto child (Sing a song for me)
[03:35.58]Can rise in the highest celebration (Everybody sing it
[03:38.35]now, yeah)
[03:39.19]Know that I am a ghetto child
[03:40.91]But I can see (Ooh, yeah) the best in me, can you (Oh)
[03:43.11]I'm a ghetto child (So I can see the best in me, can
[03:44.08]you)
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[03:49.53]It's not where you're from, it's where you're gonna be
[03:56.18](Hey)
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