John Legend, The Roots - 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

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