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Ghetto Boy Chords
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[Verse 1] [B]Yow! [Em](Ghetto) they do more to the people Than for the people (Get out, Get it) They crash the economy [B]like a vehicle (Let's set it, I heard dem) Seh dem a don [Em]and dem a dupes and dem a dadda (Stupid fools) Inna the heart of the youths dem Future yuh stick a dagger [B](That's what they did) Let's do this ragga (Let's move) [Verse 2] Once I [Em]was a little child Little things that make me smile But [B]quickly I became a man The don put a gun into my hand Told me [Em]that I could live or die I didn't know the reason why But [B]my gun became my toy The story of the ghetto boy Ghetto [Em]boy, ghetto boy The story of the ghetto boy Ghetto [B]boy, ghetto boy The story of the ghetto boy [Em] [Verse 3] Well, [B]di [Em]story of a ghetto boy Who di don give di gun an tink him get a toy So him deploy inna di street To [Am]set a[B] better joy But now him buck up di police and him regret A choice Death is what him get a tise [Em]Story of a ghetto yute Who the don give the gun And seh yuh better shoot If yuh want to wear a better suit Yuh [B]want fi drive a coupe Wear a couple gold chain and Sleep with couple prostitute Dem future yuh a prosecute No don [Em]cyah tell I nutten or press I button [B]Mi [Em]a gwaan eat mi greens If mi cyah buy mut[B]ton Mi nuh red eye or glutton fi No gyal or guy somn No hold di fate so till the gate Jah seh fi I must open [A]We [B]nuh [Em]waan see Andrew Holness We nuh waan see [B]Portia [Em]NCB mi waan fi see and [B]Scotia Tell P and JP, both a dem a joker But me proud a ghetto mi come outta Once I [Em]was a little [Verse 4] child Little things that make me smile But [B]quickly I became a man The don put a gun into my hand Told me [Em]that I could live or die I didn't know the reason why But [B]my gun became my toy The story of the ghetto boy Ghetto [Em]boy, ghetto boy [B]The [Em]story of the ghetto boy [B]Ghetto boy, ghetto boy The story of the ghetto boy [Verse 5] Mi [B]tell dem [Em]Ghetto we ghetto we nuh change we ways Yuh Violate man an a grades [A]a blaze [B]Anywhere the food deh man ago go for Nah suffer, caw man a look fi greater days [Em]Suppose mi tell yuh seh we go fi [B]food [Em]anyweh And we nuh fraid a no jail or cemetery [B]We bring heat to the streets All [C]front [B]a police Still a mek step to di enemy [Em]We mek di eagle fly high mek dem [B]see dat (dem see [Em]dat) dem see that Anything drop dem know [B]a we that Front page pon every news [C]net[B]work Menace to society the world seh a we dat [Em]House and car everybody need dat A no every ghetto boy out [A]deh [B]a eediat Any means necessary man a pree dat From a little tot mi head real hot Once I [Em]was a little child Little [Verse 6] [Em] things that make me smile But [B]quickly I became a man The don put a gun into my hand Told me [Em]that I could live or die I didn't know the reason why But my [B]gun became my toy The story of the ghetto boy Ghetto [Em]boy, ghetto boy [B]The [Em]story of the ghetto boy [B]Ghetto boy, ghetto boy [Outro 1] The story of the ghetto [B]boy[Em] [A][B] [Em][B][Cdim][B] [Em]
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