Ghetto Children

Yo, wake up, wake up, ghetto children

Wake up, wake up, ghetto children

Wake up, wake up, ghetto children

Wake up, wake up, ghetto children

Wake up, wake up, hey, hey

Little ghetto boy, you're my life

And there's so much for you to protect and to save

And baby boy, don't hit your wife

'Cause your kids may grow up some day to be this way, yeah

You don't know what you may be

To some boy in society

There's a secret to why (There's a secret)

You must survive

So listen to what we say

'Cause this type of shit happens every day

Come for yours, 'cause dreams come true

And this is the message that we bring through

Say hey now

Hey now, now

Hey now, hey now

No matter what teachers say to you

Ghetto children are beautiful

Say, hey now

Hey now, now

Hey now, hey now

Baby girl, you're my life

It's important that you smile

And never cry (Don't never cry)

Study math and your sciences

Maybe you'll figure why we subtract and not multiply

You don't know what you may be

To some girl in society

There's a secret to why

We must survive

So listen to what we say

'Cause this type of shit happens every day

Come for yours, 'cause dreams come true

And this is the message that we bring through

Say, hey now

Hey now, now

Hey now, hey now

No matter what teachers say to you

Ghetto children are beautiful

Say, hey now

Hey now, now

Hey now

Crack town, ghetto in the city

Buildings are abandoned, but the girls are still pretty

A child looks in the mirror

Yeah, to see my life clearer

All I see is ghetto keys

To this jet black coke gram

Nine eleven course, of course, 911 don't mean help

The only ones that need help is them sons without wealth

It's apparent that this nation

They don't know what they facing

Young natural born killers

And these street corner masons

You want that type of money

That you see in the mob cliques

Would you stash in the drawers, yes, with the lumps under my carpet

Listen to your heart

Why should I listen to you?

I was here from the start

But you don't bring no money through

Look, I only feel capes

And to get it, I kill Jakes

By the time I'm twenty, wanna be the ghetto Bill Gates

You were born to be an angel

That was in my brain too

Now the only Star Spangle's comin' out my Kangol

Now that I'm out (It's like the whole world flames you)

Although the ghetto's nothin' like the conclusion I came to

Your friends see you playin' both sides

Now they don't claim you

Ghetto children change the world

Don't let the world change you

Come on, word, nerd, word

Come for yours, 'cause dreams come true

And this is the message that we bring through

Say, hey now

Hey now, now

Hey now, hey now

No matter what teachers say to you

Ghetto children are beautiful

Say, hey now

Hey now, now

Hey now, hey now

Come for yours, 'cause dreams come true

And this is the message that we bring through

Say, hey now

Hey now, now

Hey now, hey now

No matter what teachers say to you

Ghetto children are beautiful

Say, hey now

Hey now, now

Hey now, hey now

Little chosen ones he thought of

The whole world wants to be a part of

A little ghetto things

A little ghetto things

Ay yo

Little chosen ones he thought of

The whole world wants to be a part of

My little ghetto kings

My little ghetto queens