Key: F minor
Verse 1
Gm
Dm
All the ghettos
Eb
Cm
around the world
Gm
Dm
Eb
Dig this, ghetto Fabulous Joe
Shaggy
Cm
All the children sing
Verse 2
Gm
Dm
Eb
Fsus4
Eb
I'm a ghetto child
Gm
Dm
Eb
I'm a ghetto child
Fsus4
Eb
(Check it, out)
Verse 3
Gm
there's a world out there
Dm
that I wanna see
Eb
There's a man that I'm
Fsus4
destined to be
Eb
Gm
I won't be stopped
Dm
by the ghetto streets
Eb
F
I believe inside that I can't
Fsus4
Eb
Gm
be beat
Verse 4
Dm
This life could be a ball and chain
Eb
Fsus4
If you let yourself get caught in the game
Gm
I had some friends who sold
Dm
drugs for dough
Eb
But I don't intend to go
Fsus4
Eb
Gm
down that road
Verse 5
Dm
Just because I'm a ghetto child
Eb
Fsus4
I won't live down to your expectations
Gm
Dm
Just believe that a ghetto child
Eb
Fsus4
Eb
Can rise in the highest celebration
Verse 6
Gm
Dm
Know that I am a ghetto child
Eb
Fsus4
But I can see the best in me,
Eb
Gm
can you
Dm
Eb
I'm a ghetto child
Cm
All the ghettos around the world,
Gm
dig this
Verse 7
Dm
One day I'm gonna change the world
Eb
Make a better place for
every boy and girl
Gm
Dm
Everyone in need, homeless families
Eb
Have a place to sleep and
Fsus4
Eb
food to eat
Verse 8
Gm
Dm
I?ll take every gun off the streets
Eb
Fsus4
So another tear won't be shed in grief
Gm
Dm
And every thug in every hood
Eb
I will make ?em change from
Fsus4
Eb
Gm
bad to good
Verse 9
Dm
I believe that it can be done
Eb
Gotta start somewhere
Fsus4
and I'm that one
Gm
Dm
All the children sing
Eb
(Yeah, yeah)
F
Fsus4
All the children sing
Eb
Gm
(Yeah, yeah)
Verse 10
Dm
Just because I'm a ghetto child
Eb
I won't live down to your
Fsus4
Gm
expectations
Dm
Just believe that a ghetto child
Eb
Fsus4
Eb
Can rise in the highest celebration
Verse 11
Gm
Dm
Know that I am a ghetto child
Eb
Fsus4
Eb
But I can see the best in me,
Gm
can you
Dm
Eb
I'm a ghetto child
Cm
(Ooh, yeah, ooh)
Verse 12
Gm
Hey, yo?, look at me in
Dm
a different light
Eb
Fsus4
Spare me all about those stereotypes
Eb
Gm
Ain't no madness
Dm
that'll bring me down
Eb
Fsus4
Gonna take this life and
turn it around
Verse 13
Gm
That's right, the sky?s the limit,
Dm
I won't be denied
Eb
Ain't no stoppin? me,
Fsus4
I'm a ghetto child
Gm
Dm
And at the end when it?s said and done
Eb
Fsus4
We will all be singin? this
F
Gm
ghetto song
Verse 14
Dm
I believe that it can be done
Eb
Gotta start somewhere
Fsus4
and I'm that one
Gm
Dm
All the children sing
Eb
(Yeah, yeah)
F
Fsus4
All the children sing
Eb
Gm
(Yeah, yeah)
Verse 15
Dm
Just because I'm a ghetto child
Eb
I won't live down to your
Fsus4
Eb
Gm
expecta tions
Dm
Just believe that a ghetto child
Eb
Can rise in the highest cel
Fsus4
Eb
Gm
ebra tion
Verse 16
Dm
Know that I am a ghetto child
Eb
Fsus4
But I can see the best in me,
Gm
can you
Dm
Eb
Fsus4
I'm a ghetto child
Eb
Gm
(Let?s go to church now)
Verse 17
Dm
Just because I'm a ghetto child
Eb
I won't live down to your
expectations
Cm
(Take me to church now)
Eb
Bb
Dm
Just believe that a ghetto child
Eb
Can rise in the highest celebration
Cm
Verse 18
Bb
Dm
Eb
Know that I am a ghetto child
Cm
But I can see the be st in me, can you
Eb
Bb
Eb
I'm a ghetto child
(Hey, ghetto child,
Fsus4
Eb
Gm
oh)
Verse 19
Dm
Just because I'm a ghetto child
Eb
Fsus4
I won't live down to your
Eb
expectations
Gm
(Sing a song for me)
Dm
Just believe that a ghetto child
Eb
(Sing a song for me)
Fsus4
Can rise in the highest celebration
Eb
Gm
(Everybody sing it now, yeah)
Verse 20
Dm
Know that I am a ghetto child
Eb
Fsus4
But I can see the be st in me,
Gm
Dm
can you
Eb
I'm a ghetto child
Fsus4
Eb
(So I can see the best in
Gm
Dm
Eb
me, can you)
Verse 21
Fsus4
It?s not where you're from,
Gm
Dm
Eb
Fsus4
Eb
Gm
Dm
Eb
it?s where you're gonna be
Fsus4
It?s not where you're from,
Eb
it?s where you're gonna be
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