Little Ghetto Boy (Feat. Black Thought)

My grandmother suits was tailor made Sundays Mahalia played Simple familiar ways like how she kneeled and prayed Willin master forgive us our trust pastors had us real afraid I never listened yet I still obeyed I got to see how Philly played at such an early age What my father was into sent him to his early grave Then moms started chasin that base like Willie Mays My childhood was all of 40 nights and 40 days Trouble was my ball and chain shorties would call me names Humble beginnings but a star is what it all became My journey from a dirty hallway to the Hall of Fame Music my therapeutic way to cope with all this pain Was headed for the drain soakin before the rainwater came And chaos into the order came I started doin what I'm 'sposed to do in life Tryin to move out of the dark and closer to the light They say if you get a chance to do it overdo it right Tomorrow isn't promised every time you say goodnight Knahmtalkinabout Uhh yo Story of a little ghetto boy check it out Little ghetto boy ohhh Playin in the ghetto street ay ayyyy What'chu gonna do when you grow up and have to face responsibility Yeah yeahhh Will you spend your days and nights in a pool room Will you sell caps of madness to the neighborhood little ghetto boy You already know how rough life could be Hard to see so much pain and misery Yeahhhhhhh yeahhhh Little ghetto boy yeah Your daddy was blown away Heyyyy yeahhh He robbed that grocery store yeah Don't you know that was a sad sad day Eyyyyy yeah All your young life you've seen such misery and pain The world's a cruel place to live in it ain't gonna change yeahh You're so young and you've got so far to goooooo Don't think you'll reach your goal young man Talkin 'bout the ghetto boy Yeah yeah yeahhhh Yeah yeahhh little ghetto BOYYYYY OYYYY When when you become a maaaaan yeahhhh You can make things change Oh if you just take a stand yeah yeahhhh You've got to believe in yourself in all that you doooo You've got to fight to make it better better And you will see that others will start believin too Then my son things will start to get better Hey yeahhhh yeah Everything has got to get better Ohhh Everything has got to get better Everything has got to get better Yeahhh yeahhhhh yeah Everything has got to get better Don't you know it's gonna get better Everything has got to get better Heyyyyyy yeah yeah Everything has got to get better Got to believe that everything Everything has got to get better yeahhhhh yeah yeah yeah Everything has got to get better Whooahhh ho oahhh oahhh oahh Whoa yeah Everything has got to get better Whoah ho oahhh oh ohhhhhhh OHHHHHHHH YEAH YEAHHHH YEAH YEAHHHHH little ghetto boy Mmmmmm yeah yeahhhhhhhhh