- Ghetto Ghetto
- will.i.am
- Ghetto, ghetto,
- I've been praying for you
- Hallelujah.
- It is easy as 1, 2, 3,
- I wanna be what's on TV,
- And if that's wrong, please don't blame me,
- Cause where I live we have nothing
- In the ghetto, ghetto, ghetto.
- In the ghetto, ghetto, ghetto.
- Little kids growing up without no education,
- Mom's on drugs, cause that's her only medication.
- Nobody's home, but they ain't on a vacation,
- But they left the kids alone watching the TV station.
- What's wrong with the picture, please, someone give me the answers
- They be wondering why the girls grow up to be dancers
- Then we wonder why the boys grow up to be dealers
- And they be angry at the whole world ready to kill us.
- After we start to resolve the whole problems
- How we let our little children destroying the goblin
- Why we got them all killing and stealing and robbing
- We need to plan a little seed to prevent the mobbing
- Why don't we teach them that science to reach for the stars?
- Cause they can beat the fire with the future worst than odds
- Don't want them looking in the past and covering scars
- They need a path out the ghetto, hello.
- It is easy as 1, 2, 3,
- I wanna be what's on TV,
- And if that's wrong, please don't blame me,
- Cause where I live we have nothing
- In the ghetto, ghetto, ghetto.
- In the ghetto, ghetto, ghetto.
- Little boy had a dream of being a ball player
- Cause little homie wanna grow to be a rhyme slayer,
- Little missy wanna grow to be a model
- While the momma at home just drinking out the bottle.
- How come little one to grow and be a councilman?
- Sitting in a governer, a mayor politicianman.
- Probably cause the politicians keep tricking 'em
- Promise that they fixing it but they ain't really fixing it.
- That's why they want to be like me
- Like giga like B and Nicky and Ree
- Every day in the ghetto is an emergency
- But the power that be don't emerge in see.
- That's why you see killing, that's why you see crimes,
- That's why you see homies in the prison doing time
- That's why you see crack, that's why you see blackstrap
- But no access out the ghetto, ghetto.
- It is easy as 1, 2, 3,
- I wanna be what's on TV,
- And if that's wrong, please don't blame me,
- Cause where I live we have nothing
- In the ghetto, ghetto, ghetto.
- In the ghetto, ghetto, ghetto.
- It is easy as 1, 2, 3,
- I wanna be what's on TV,
- And if that's wrong, please don't blame me,
- Cause where I live we have nothing
- In the ghetto, ghetto, ghetto.
- In the ghetto, ghetto, ghetto.
- Ghetto, ghetto,
- I've been praying for you
- Hallelujah.
- [00:00.01]Ghetto Ghetto
- [00:00.12]will.i.am
- [00:00.25]
- [00:01.76]Ghetto, ghetto,
- [00:07.13]I've been praying for you
- [00:15.90]Hallelujah.
- [00:22.60]It is easy as 1, 2, 3,
- [00:25.24]I wanna be what's on TV,
- [00:28.08]And if that's wrong, please don't blame me,
- [00:30.86]Cause where I live we have nothing
- [00:33.66]In the ghetto, ghetto, ghetto.
- [00:38.75]In the ghetto, ghetto, ghetto.
- [00:43.79]
- [00:45.53]Little kids growing up without no education,
- [00:48.37]Mom's on drugs, cause that's her only medication.
- [00:51.27]Nobody's home, but they ain't on a vacation,
- [00:53.99]But they left the kids alone watching the TV station.
- [00:56.65]What's wrong with the picture, please, someone give me the answers
- [00:59.60]They be wondering why the girls grow up to be dancers
- [01:02.41]Then we wonder why the boys grow up to be dealers
- [01:05.13]And they be angry at the whole world ready to kill us.
- [01:07.93]After we start to resolve the whole problems
- [01:10.73]How we let our little children destroying the goblin
- [01:13.63]Why we got them all killing and stealing and robbing
- [01:16.41]We need to plan a little seed to prevent the mobbing
- [01:19.22]Why don't we teach them that science to reach for the stars?
- [01:22.10]Cause they can beat the fire with the future worst than odds
- [01:24.89]Don't want them looking in the past and covering scars
- [01:27.67]They need a path out the ghetto, hello.
- [01:30.45]It is easy as 1, 2, 3,
- [01:33.09]I wanna be what's on TV,
- [01:35.66]And if that's wrong, please don't blame me,
- [01:38.59]Cause where I live we have nothing
- [01:41.37]In the ghetto, ghetto, ghetto.
- [01:47.03]In the ghetto, ghetto, ghetto.
- [01:51.42]
- [01:53.42]Little boy had a dream of being a ball player
- [01:55.87]Cause little homie wanna grow to be a rhyme slayer,
- [01:58.63]Little missy wanna grow to be a model
- [02:01.81]While the momma at home just drinking out the bottle.
- [02:04.07]How come little one to grow and be a councilman?
- [02:07.01]Sitting in a governer, a mayor politicianman.
- [02:09.77]Probably cause the politicians keep tricking 'em
- [02:12.63]Promise that they fixing it but they ain't really fixing it.
- [02:15.45]That's why they want to be like me
- [02:17.90]Like giga like B and Nicky and Ree
- [02:20.75]Every day in the ghetto is an emergency
- [02:23.61]But the power that be don't emerge in see.
- [02:26.40]That's why you see killing, that's why you see crimes,
- [02:29.47]That's why you see homies in the prison doing time
- [02:32.13]That's why you see crack, that's why you see blackstrap
- [02:34.97]But no access out the ghetto, ghetto.
- [02:38.13]It is easy as 1, 2, 3,
- [02:40.92]I wanna be what's on TV,
- [02:43.52]And if that's wrong, please don't blame me,
- [02:46.43]Cause where I live we have nothing
- [02:49.14]In the ghetto, ghetto, ghetto.
- [02:54.69]In the ghetto, ghetto, ghetto.
- [02:59.27]
- [03:01.26]It is easy as 1, 2, 3,
- [03:03.99]I wanna be what's on TV,
- [03:06.55]And if that's wrong, please don't blame me,
- [03:09.59]Cause where I live we have nothing
- [03:12.36]In the ghetto, ghetto, ghetto.
- [03:18.30]In the ghetto, ghetto, ghetto.
- [03:22.34]
- [03:25.35]Ghetto, ghetto,
- [03:30.58]I've been praying for you
- [03:39.35]Hallelujah.
- [03:43.62]