Key: F minor
Verse 1
Dm
Am
All the ghettos
Bb
Gm
around the world
Dm
Am
Bb
Dig this, ghetto Fabulous Joe
Shaggy
Gm
All the children sing
Verse 2
Dm
Am
Bb
Csus4
Bb
I'm a ghetto child
Dm
Am
Bb
I'm a ghetto child
Csus4
Bb
(Check it, out)
Verse 3
Dm
there's a world out there
Am
that I wanna see
Bb
There's a man that I'm
Csus4
destined to be
Bb
Dm
I won't be stopped
Am
by the ghetto streets
Bb
C
I believe inside that I can't
Csus4
Bb
Dm
be beat
Verse 4
Am
This life could be a ball and chain
Bb
Csus4
If you let yourself get caught in the game
Dm
I had some friends who sold
Am
drugs for dough
Bb
But I don't intend to go
Csus4
Bb
Dm
down that road
Verse 5
Am
Just because I'm a ghetto child
Bb
Csus4
I won't live down to your expectations
Dm
Am
Just believe that a ghetto child
Bb
Csus4
Bb
Can rise in the highest celebration
Verse 6
Dm
Am
Know that I am a ghetto child
Bb
Csus4
But I can see the best in me,
Bb
Dm
can you
Am
Bb
I'm a ghetto child
Gm
All the ghettos around the world,
Dm
dig this
Verse 7
Am
One day I'm gonna change the world
Bb
Make a better place for
every boy and girl
Dm
Am
Everyone in need, homeless families
Bb
Have a place to sleep and
Csus4
Bb
food to eat
Verse 8
Dm
Am
I?ll take every gun off the streets
Bb
Csus4
So another tear won't be shed in grief
Dm
Am
And every thug in every hood
Bb
I will make ?em change from
Csus4
Bb
Dm
bad to good
Verse 9
Am
I believe that it can be done
Bb
Gotta start somewhere
Csus4
and I'm that one
Dm
Am
All the children sing
Bb
(Yeah, yeah)
C
Csus4
All the children sing
Bb
Dm
(Yeah, yeah)
Verse 10
Am
Just because I'm a ghetto child
Bb
I won't live down to your
Csus4
Dm
expectations
Am
Just believe that a ghetto child
Bb
Csus4
Bb
Can rise in the highest celebration
Verse 11
Dm
Am
Know that I am a ghetto child
Bb
Csus4
Bb
But I can see the best in me,
Dm
can you
Am
Bb
I'm a ghetto child
Gm
(Ooh, yeah, ooh)
Verse 12
Dm
Hey, yo?, look at me in
Am
a different light
Bb
Csus4
Spare me all about those stereotypes
Bb
Dm
Ain't no madness
Am
that'll bring me down
Bb
Csus4
Gonna take this life and
turn it around
Verse 13
Dm
That's right, the sky?s the limit,
Am
I won't be denied
Bb
Ain't no stoppin? me,
Csus4
I'm a ghetto child
Dm
Am
And at the end when it?s said and done
Bb
Csus4
We will all be singin? this
C
Dm
ghetto song
Verse 14
Am
I believe that it can be done
Bb
Gotta start somewhere
Csus4
and I'm that one
Dm
Am
All the children sing
Bb
(Yeah, yeah)
C
Csus4
All the children sing
Bb
Dm
(Yeah, yeah)
Verse 15
Am
Just because I'm a ghetto child
Bb
I won't live down to your
Csus4
Bb
Dm
expecta tions
Am
Just believe that a ghetto child
Bb
Can rise in the highest cel
Csus4
Bb
Dm
ebra tion
Verse 16
Am
Know that I am a ghetto child
Bb
Csus4
But I can see the best in me,
Dm
can you
Am
Bb
Csus4
I'm a ghetto child
Bb
Dm
(Let?s go to church now)
Verse 17
Am
Just because I'm a ghetto child
Bb
I won't live down to your
expectations
Gm
(Take me to church now)
Bb
F
Am
Just believe that a ghetto child
Bb
Can rise in the highest celebration
Gm
Verse 18
F
Am
Bb
Know that I am a ghetto child
Gm
But I can see the be st in me, can you
Bb
F
Bb
I'm a ghetto child
(Hey, ghetto child,
Csus4
Bb
Dm
oh)
Verse 19
Am
Just because I'm a ghetto child
Bb
Csus4
I won't live down to your
Bb
expectations
Dm
(Sing a song for me)
Am
Just believe that a ghetto child
Bb
(Sing a song for me)
Csus4
Can rise in the highest celebration
Bb
Dm
(Everybody sing it now, yeah)
Verse 20
Am
Know that I am a ghetto child
Bb
Csus4
But I can see the be st in me,
Dm
Am
can you
Bb
I'm a ghetto child
Csus4
Bb
(So I can see the best in
Dm
Am
Bb
me, can you)
Verse 21
Csus4
It?s not where you're from,
Dm
Am
Bb
Csus4
Bb
Dm
Am
Bb
it?s where you're gonna be
Csus4
It?s not where you're from,
Bb
it?s where you're gonna be
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