All the ghettos around the world Dig this Ghetto Fabulous Joe Shaggy (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 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 to the highest elevation (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 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 (Ooh, yeah, ooh) Hey, yo', look at me in a different light Just forget, all about those stereotypes Ain't gon' let this hood bring me down Gonna take this life and turn it around That's right, 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 to the highest elevation (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 to the highest elevation (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, oh-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 to the highest elevation (Everybody sing it now, yeah) Know that I am a ghetto child But I can see 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 be

[Smiley] Aiyyo I got the dimes that I get, I got the dimes that I bring [Preem'] Yo, yo yo [Smiley] Yo Preem', what's good? [Preem'] What's good man - you still fuckin with that shit son? [Smiley] Yo, don't even come at me with that bullshit man, whassup? [Preem'] I'm sayin man, you said you was gonna leave this shit alone [Preem'] You still on that bullshit nigga [Smiley] Son. SON I'll leave it alone [Smiley] when you come and get ready with this music B, what the fuck? [Preem'] I'm sayin man, who the fuck you think you are man? [Smiley] Yo, yo Yo gangsta gangsta, O.G. is what you call me It's like my life is like a never-endin drug story Make coke, expand, yo you know who I am Death percentages rises in the hood like grams Who done it and ran, who blammed on my fam' Out the window every night, deadly intentions man Cocked back and ready to fire, hit man for hire And fuck politicians, nothin but liars As I build my cream, with self esteem But drink the water from the streams, of gangsta lean To keep food on my plate, stick a mac to your face So I never have to fall off, so you can never underrate Force pressure, is the techniques of real men So when you slam the doors, we still get in It's like demons when, what you fight that you can't see'll Come out your buildin, and get shot drastically The way of the world, niggaz fiendin to pull it You either bite the dust, or just dodge that bullet

In a world like today It's a rare occasion to be able To see young mothers like the ones That were around when I grew up But they live on in memory To quite a few of us And this song is dedicated To those who cherish that memory Early one Sunday morning Breakfast was on the table There was no time to eat She said to me, "Boy, hurry to Sunday school" Filled with her load of glory We learned the holy story She'll always have her dreams Despite the things this troubled world can bring Oh, Sadie Don't you know we love you Sweet Sadie Place no one above you Sweet Sadie (well, well, well) Living in the past Some times it seems so funny But no money will turn your life around Sweeter than cotton candy Stronger than papa's old brandy Always that needed smile Once in awhile she would break down and cry Some times she'd be so happy Just being with us and daddy Standing the worst of times Breaking the binds with just a simple song Oh, Sadie (oh, Sadie, baby) Don't you know we love you (she'll love us all in a special way) Sweet Sadie (well, well, well) Place no one above you Sweet Sadie (sweet Sadie livin' in the past) Living in the past Oh, she's never sinnin' In love she's always winnin, yeah Sadie (My, my, my, my, my) Don't you know we love you (I love you, mama) Sweet Sadie Place no one above you (I just can't forget) Sweet Sadie (how you gave me love, oh, Lord) Living in the past If there's a heaven up above I know she's teaching angels how to love Sadie (It's a mean world without you) Don't you know we love you Sweet Sadie (all the love you showed) Place no one above you (oh, I could never, ever doubt her lovely word) Sweet Sadie Living in the past Ain't it funny that in the end it's not money It's just the love you gave us all