Lyrics
Ghetto, ghetto,
Iāve been praying for you
Hallelujah.
It is easy as 1, 2, 3,
I wanna be whatās on TV,
And if thatās wrong, please donāt blame me,
Cause where I live we have nothing
In the ghetto, ghetto, ghetto.
In the ghetto, ghetto, ghetto.
Little kids growing up without no education,
Momās on drugs, cause thatās her only medication.
Nobodyās home, but they aināt on a vacation,
But they left the kids alone watching the TV station.
Whatās wrong with the picture, please, someone give me the answers
They be wondering why the girls grow up to be dancers
Then we wonder why the boys grow up to be dealers
And they be angry at the whole world ready to kill us.
After we start to resolve the whole problems
How we let our little children destroying the goblin
Why we got them all killing and stealing and robbing
We need to plan a little seed to prevent the mobbing
Why donāt we teach them that science to reach for the stars?
Cause they can beat the fire with the future worst than odds
Donāt want them looking in the past and covering scars
They need a path out the ghetto, hello.
It is easy as 1, 2, 3,
I wanna be whatās on TV,
And if thatās wrong, please donāt blame me,
Cause where I live we have nothing
In the ghetto, ghetto, ghetto.
In the ghetto, ghetto, ghetto.
Little boy had a dream of being a ball player
Cause little homie wanna grow to be a rhyme slayer,
Little missy wanna grow to be a model
While the momma at home just drinking out the bottle.
How come little one to grow and be a councilman?
Sitting in a governer, a mayor politicianman.
Probably cause the politicians keep tricking āem
Promise that they fixing it but they aināt really fixing it.
Thatās why they want to be like me
Like giga like B and Nicky and Ree
Every day in the ghetto is an emergency
But the power that be donāt emerge in see.
Thatās why you see killing, thatās why you see crimes,
Thatās why you see homies in the prison doing time
Thatās why you see crack, thatās why you see blackstrap
But no access out the ghetto, ghetto.
It is easy as 1, 2, 3,
I wanna be whatās on TV,
And if thatās wrong, please donāt blame me,
Cause where I live we have nothing
In the ghetto, ghetto, ghetto.
In the ghetto, ghetto, ghetto.
Ghetto, ghetto,
Iāve been praying for you
Hallelujah
Iāve been praying for you
Hallelujah.
It is easy as 1, 2, 3,
I wanna be whatās on TV,
And if thatās wrong, please donāt blame me,
Cause where I live we have nothing
In the ghetto, ghetto, ghetto.
In the ghetto, ghetto, ghetto.
Little kids growing up without no education,
Momās on drugs, cause thatās her only medication.
Nobodyās home, but they aināt on a vacation,
But they left the kids alone watching the TV station.
Whatās wrong with the picture, please, someone give me the answers
They be wondering why the girls grow up to be dancers
Then we wonder why the boys grow up to be dealers
And they be angry at the whole world ready to kill us.
After we start to resolve the whole problems
How we let our little children destroying the goblin
Why we got them all killing and stealing and robbing
We need to plan a little seed to prevent the mobbing
Why donāt we teach them that science to reach for the stars?
Cause they can beat the fire with the future worst than odds
Donāt want them looking in the past and covering scars
They need a path out the ghetto, hello.
It is easy as 1, 2, 3,
I wanna be whatās on TV,
And if thatās wrong, please donāt blame me,
Cause where I live we have nothing
In the ghetto, ghetto, ghetto.
In the ghetto, ghetto, ghetto.
Little boy had a dream of being a ball player
Cause little homie wanna grow to be a rhyme slayer,
Little missy wanna grow to be a model
While the momma at home just drinking out the bottle.
How come little one to grow and be a councilman?
Sitting in a governer, a mayor politicianman.
Probably cause the politicians keep tricking āem
Promise that they fixing it but they aināt really fixing it.
Thatās why they want to be like me
Like giga like B and Nicky and Ree
Every day in the ghetto is an emergency
But the power that be donāt emerge in see.
Thatās why you see killing, thatās why you see crimes,
Thatās why you see homies in the prison doing time
Thatās why you see crack, thatās why you see blackstrap
But no access out the ghetto, ghetto.
It is easy as 1, 2, 3,
I wanna be whatās on TV,
And if thatās wrong, please donāt blame me,
Cause where I live we have nothing
In the ghetto, ghetto, ghetto.
In the ghetto, ghetto, ghetto.
Ghetto, ghetto,
Iāve been praying for you
Hallelujah