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PERFORMING ARTISTS
will.i.am
will.i.am
Vocals
Adam Wolf
Adam Wolf
Horn
Adrienne Woods
Adrienne Woods
Strings
Baby Kaely
Baby Kaely
Vocals
Cameron Stone
Cameron Stone
String Instrument
Chris Woods
Chris Woods
String Instrument
Emily Moore
Emily Moore
String Instrument
Ginny Luke
Ginny Luke
Strings
James Klopfleisch
James Klopfleisch
String Instrument
John Eagle
John Eagle
Horn
Lucine Fyelon
Lucine Fyelon
String Instrument
Neel Hammond
Neel Hammond
String Instrument
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
William Adams
William Adams
Songwriter
Calvin Johnson
Calvin Johnson
Songwriter
Brandon Green
Brandon Green
Songwriter
Onree Gill
Onree Gill
String Arranger
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
will.i.am
will.i.am
Engineer
Maejor Ali
Maejor Ali
Producer
Daniel Zaidenstadt
Daniel Zaidenstadt
Engineer
Dylan "3D" Dresdow
Dylan "3D" Dresdow
Mixing Engineer
Ghazi Hourani
Ghazi Hourani
Strings Engineer
Padraic Kerin
Padraic Kerin
Strings Engineer

Lyrics

Ghetto, ghetto Oh, I've been, 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 T.V. 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 Aye, after we start to resolve the whole problems How we let our little children just turn into goblins 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 be defiant with a future worse than ours Don't want them looking in the past and covering scars They need a path out the ghetto, 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 'His little homie wanna grow to be a rhyme slayer Little missy wanna grow to be a model While the momma at home just drinking on the bottle Aye, how come little one to grow and be a councilman? Senator or governor, a mayor politician Probably 'cause the politicians keep tricking 'em Promise that they fixing it but they ain't really fixing it Aye, that's why they want to be like me Like Jigga like B and Nicky and Ri Every day in the ghettos is an emergency But the powers that be don't emerge and seek That's why you see killing, that's why you see crimes That's why you see the homies in the prison doing time That's why you see crack, that's why you see blacks trap With 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 Oh Lord, I've been, I've been praying for you Hallelujah, Lord save these children
Writer(s): William Adams, Brandon Green Lyrics powered by www.musixmatch.com
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