Ghetto Child (feat. Shaggy & The Boys Choir of Harlem)

All the children sing (I'm a ghetto child, I’m a ghetto child) Check it out

There's a world out there that I wanna see There's a man that I'm destined to be I won't be stopped by the ghetto streets I believe inside that I can't 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 don't intend to go down that road

[Chorus:] [The Boys Choir of Harlem] Just because I'm a ghetto child

I won't live down to your expectations Please believe that a ghetto child

Can rise to the highest elevation Know that I am a ghetto child

But I can see the best in me, can you? I'm a ghetto child

[Shaggy] [All the ghettos around the world, dig this]

One day I'm 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 I'll take every gun off the streets So another tear won't be shed in grief And every thug in every hood I will make'em change from bad to good

[Bridge:] I believe that it can be done Gotta start somewhere and I'm that one All the children sing (yeah, yeah) All the children sing (yeah, yeah)

[Chorus]

[Shaggy] [Hey yo, look at me in a different light]

[Forget all about those stereotypes] Ain't gon' let this hood bring me down

Gonna take this life and turn it around [Now see, the sky's the limit, I won't be denied]

[Ain't no stopping me, I'm a ghetto child] And at the end, when it's said and done

We will all be singing this ghetto song

[Bridge]

[Chorus] x3

It’s not where you’re from

It’s where you’re gonna be It’s not where you’re from

It’s where you’re gonna be