Ooh
Talking 'bout the ghetto, yeah
(Talking 'bout the ghetto)
Ooh
(Talking 'bout the ghetto)
Little ghetto boy
Playing in the ghetto street
Whatcha gonna do when you grow up
And have to face responsibility?
Will you spend your days and nights in the pool room?
Will you sell caps of madness in your neighborhood?
Little ghetto boy
Your daddy was on his way
(Talking 'bout the ghetto)
He robbed that grocery store
But, oh, that was a sad sight, oh yeah
All your young life, you'll live such misery and pain
The world's a cruel place, and it ain't gonna change
Little ghetto boy
I know that
Everything has got to get better
I said, everything
Everything has got to get better
Everything has got to get better
Everything has got to get better
Everything
Everything has got to get better
Got to get better
Little ghetto boy
Oh-oh, yeah
Little ghetto boy
(Talking 'bout the ghetto)
When, when, when you become a man
(Talking 'bout the ghetto)
You can make things change
(Talking 'bout the ghetto)
If you just take a stand
(Talking 'bout the ghetto)
You've got to believe in yourself
(Talking 'bout the ghetto)