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
Just because I'm a ghetto child
I won't live down to your expectations （No, no）
Just believe that a ghetto child
Can rise in the highest celebration （Oh）
Know that I am a ghetto child
But I can see the best in me, can you
I'm a ghetto child
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
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）
Just because I'm a ghetto child
I won't live down to your expectations
Just believe that a ghetto child
Can rise in the highest celebration
Know that I am a ghetto child
But I can see the best in me, can you
I'm a ghetto child （Ooh, yeah, ooh）
{Hey, yo', look at me inna different light}
{Spare me all about those stereotypes}
Ain't no madness that'll 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 stoppin' me, I'm a ghetto child}
And at the end when it's said and done
We will all be singin' this ghetto song
I believe that it can be done （Yeah, oh）
Gotta start somewhere and I'm that one
All the children sing （Yeah, yeah）
All the children sing （Yeah, yeah）
Just because I'm a ghetto child
I won't live down to your expectations
Just believe that a ghetto child
Can rise in the highest celebration （Oh...oh...oh...）
Know that I am a ghetto child
But I can see the best in me, can you
I'm a ghetto child （Let's go to church now）
Just because I'm a ghetto child （Uh）
I won't live down to your expectations （Take me to
church now）
Just believe that a ghetto child （Ooh）
Can rise in the highest celebration （Hey, hey）
Know that I am a ghetto child （Ooh, yeah）
But I can see the best in me, can you
I'm a ghetto child （Hey, ghetto child,
whoa...oh...ooh...）
Just because I'm a ghetto child
I won't live down to your expectations （Sing a song
for me）
Just believe that a ghetto child （Sing a song for me）
Can rise in the highest celebration （Everybody sing it
now, yeah）
Know that I am a ghetto child
But I can see （Ooh, yeah） the best in me, can you （Oh）
I'm a ghetto child （So I can see the best in me, can
you）
It's not where you're from, it's where you're gonna be
（Hey）
It's not where you're from, it's where you're gonna beJoe