Ghetto Life

When I was a young boy

Growin' up in the ghetto

Hanging out on corners

Singin' with the fellas

Lookin' for the cute chicks

Tryin' to find the big fun

Looking for some trouble

From anyone who'd give me some

I was young and crazy (In the ghetto)

Didn't know what my life would be (In the ghetto)

I was dumb and oh, so lazy (In the ghetto)

Something had a spell on me (In the ghetto)

You all know what I'm talkin' 'bout? (Talkin' 'bout ghetto life)

Ghetto life

You all know what I'm singing 'bout (Talkin' 'bout ghetto life)

Ghetto life

When I was a young man

Kind of free and fancy

Met this little cute girl

She said her name was Nancy

She had pigtails to her shoulders

She couldn't have been much older

She taught me what I had to know

To make a girl not wanna go

She was young and kinky (In the ghetto)

She laid her pigtails down on me (In the ghetto)

And I was young and oh, so sneaky (In the ghetto)

I had to see what love could be (In the ghetto)

Listen up

I knew it all along

That my game was strong

But I was wrong that time

I knew I had to play

And get myself away

Didn't you think I was man enough? (Yeah)

Didn't you think I was smart enough? (Yeah)

Didn't you think I was strong enough? (Yeah)

Didn't you think that I want to get out? (Of the ghetto life)

Sing it till you feel it, baby, sing, ghetto life (Talkin' 'bout ghetto life)

You got to get on over, ghetto life (Talkin' 'bout ghetto life)

When I was a young boy

Tenement slums and corner bums

Playing tag with winos

The only way to have some fun

One thing 'bout the ghetto

You don't have to hurry

It'll be there tomorrow

So, brother, don't you worry

Ghetto life (Talkin' 'bout ghetto life)

Talkin' 'bout ghetto li-i-i-ife

Ghetto life, baby (Talkin' 'bout ghetto life, life, life)

Ghetto life (Talkin' 'bout ghetto life)

La-la-la-la-life

People, we've got to get over

Talkin' 'bout the life (In the ghetto, life)

Where's the place to funk?

Ghetto Land, that's the place where we funk (Place we like to funk)

Ghetto Land, that's the place where we funk

Say, where is the place to funk?

Ghetto Land, that's the place where we funk (Place we like to funk)

Ghetto Land, that's the place where we funk

Ho (Place we like to funk)

Ghetto Land, that's the place where we funk (Place we like to funk)

Where's the place we like to funk? Where's the place we like to funk?

Ghetto Land, that's the place where we funk (Place we like to funk)

Ghetto Land, that's the place where we funk from day to day

Ghetto Land, Ghetto Land

Ghetto Land, that's the place where we funk from day to day

Ghetto Land