Ghetto child Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[Em]All [Bm]the ghettos
around [C]the [Am]world
Dig [Em]this, [Bm]ghetto Fabulous Joe[C]
Shaggy
All the [Am]children sing

[Verse 2]
[Em]I'm a ghetto c[Bm]hild[C][Dsus4][C]
[Em]I'm a ghetto c[Bm]hild[C]
[Dsus4](Check it, [C]out)

[Verse 3]
there's a [Em]world out there
that I [Bm]wanna see
[C]There's a man that I'm
[Dsus4]destined to be
[C]I w[Em]on't be stopped
by the [Bm]ghetto streets
[C]I believe inside that I c[D]an't
[Dsus4]be beat[C][Em]

[Verse 4]
This life could be a [Bm]ball and chain
[C]If you let yourself get [Dsus4]caught in the game
I [Em]had some friends who sold
[Bm]drugs for dough
[C]But I don't intend to go
[Dsus4]down that road[C][Em]

[Verse 5]
Just because I'm a [Bm]ghetto child
[C]I won't live down to your exp[Dsus4]ectations
[Em]Just believe that a ghet[Bm]to child
[C]Can rise in the highest cel[Dsus4]ebration[C]

[Verse 6]
[Em]Know that I am a ghett[Bm]o child
[C]But I can see the best [Dsus4]in me,
[C]can [Em]you
I'm a ghetto [Bm]child[C]
All the ghettos around the [Am]world,
dig [Em]this

[Verse 7]
One day I'm gonna [Bm]change the world
[C]Make a better place for
every boy and girl
[Em]Everyone in need, homeless [Bm]families
[C]Have a place to sleep and
[Dsus4]food to eat[C]

[Verse 8]
[Em]I?ll take every gun off [Bm]the streets
[C]So another tear won't [Dsus4]be shed in grief
[Em]And every thug in ever[Bm]y hood
[C]I will make ?em change from
[Dsus4]bad to good[C][Em]

[Verse 9]
I believe that it [Bm]can be done
[C]Gotta start somewhere
and [Dsus4]I'm that one
All the [Em]children [Bm]sing
[C](Yeah, yeah)
All the children [D]sing[Dsus4]
[C][Em]
(Yeah, yeah)

[Verse 10]
Just because I'm a [Bm]ghetto child
[C]I won't live down to your
[Dsus4]expectation[Em]s
Just believe that a [Bm]ghetto child
[C]Can rise in the highest cel[Dsus4]ebration[C]

[Verse 11]
[Em]Know that I am a ghett[Bm]o child
[C]But I can see the best in [Dsus4]me,[C]
can [Em]you
I'm a ghetto [Bm]child[C]
[Am](Ooh, yeah, ooh)

[Verse 12]
[Em]Hey, yo?, look at me in
[Bm]a different light
[C]Spare me all about those [Dsus4]stereotypes
[C]Ain[Em]'t no madness
that'll [Bm]bring me down
[C]Gonna take this life [Dsus4]and
turn it around

[Verse 13]
[Em]That's right, the sky?s the limit,
I [Bm]won't be denied
[C]Ain't no stoppin? me,
I'm [Dsus4]a ghetto child
[Em]And at the end when it?s said [Bm]and done
[C]We will all be singin? [Dsus4]this
ghetto [D]song[Em]

[Verse 14]
I believe that it [Bm]can be done
[C]Gotta start somewhere
and [Dsus4]I'm that one
All the [Em]children [Bm]sing
[C](Yeah, yeah)
All the children [D]sing[Dsus4]
[C][Em]
(Yeah, yeah)

[Verse 15]
Just because I'm a [Bm]ghetto child
[C]I won't live down to your
[Dsus4]expecta t[C]ions[Em]
Just believe that a [Bm]ghetto child
[C]Can rise in the highest cel
[Dsus4]ebra tion[C][Em]

[Verse 16]
Know that I am a [Bm]ghetto child
[C]But I can see the best in [Dsus4]me,
can [Em]you
I'm a ghetto [Bm]child[C][Dsus4]
(Let?s go [C]to church [Em]now)

[Verse 17]
Just because I'm a [Bm]ghetto child
[C]I won't live down to your
expectations
[Am](Take me to church now)
[C]Just [G]believe that a ghe[Bm]tto child
Can [C]rise in the highest celebration
[Am]

[Verse 18]
[G]
Know that I am a [Bm]ghetto [C]child
But I can see the [Am]be st in me, can you
[C]I'm [G]a ghetto chi[C]ld
(Hey, ghetto child,
[Dsus4]oh)[C][Em]

[Verse 19]
Just because I'm a [Bm]ghetto child
[C]I won't live down to you[Dsus4]r
expectation[C]s
(Sing a [Em]song for me)
Just believe that a [Bm]ghetto child
[C](Sing a song for me)
Can rise in the highest cel[Dsus4]ebration
[C](Everybody sing it [Em]now, yeah)

[Verse 20]
Know that I am [Bm]a ghetto child
[C]But I can see the be [Dsus4]st in me,
[Em]can [Bm]you
I'm [C]a ghetto child
(So I can see the be[Dsus4]st in[C]
[Em]me, [Bm]can y[C]ou)

[Verse 21]
It?s not [Dsus4]where you're from,
it?s where you're gon[Em]na be[Bm][C][Dsus4][C][Em][Bm][C]
It?s not where [Dsus4]you're from,
it?s where [C]you're gonna be