Little Ghetto Boy Lyrics - Malik Yusef

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 forty nights and forty 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 over do it right 

Tomorrow isn't promised every time, you say goodnight 

Knahmtalkin'bout? Uh, yo 

Story of a little ghetto boy, check it out 

Yeah yeah 

Little ghetto boy, oh 

Playin' in the ghetto street, ay-ay! 

What'chu gonna do when you grow up 

And have to face responsibility? 

Yeah yeah 

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 

Cause we see, so much pain and misery 

Yeah, yeah 

Little ghetto boy, yeah 

Your daddy was blown away 

Hey yeah 

He robbed that grocery store yeah 

Do you know that was a sad sad day? 

Ey-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 yeah 

You're so young, and you've got so far to go 

Don't think you'll reach your goal young man 

Talkin 'bout the ghetto boy 

Yeah yeah yeah 

Yeah, yeah little ghetto boy-oy 

When when you become a man, yeah 

You can make things change 

Oh if you just take a stand, yeah yeah 

You've got to believe in yourself, in all that you do 

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 yeah yeah 

(Everything has got to get better) 

Oh 

(Everything has got to get better) 

Everything is gonna get better 

(Everything has got to get better) 

Yeah yeah yeah 

(Everything has got to get better) 

Don't you know its gonna get better 

(Everything has got to get better) 

Hey yeah yeah 

(Everything has got to get better) 

I do believe that everything 

(Everything has got to get better) 

Yeah yeah yeah yeah 

(Everything has got to get better) 

Whoa 

(Everything has got to get better) 

Oh yeah yeah 

(Everything has got to get better) 

Whoa 

(Everything has got to get better) 

Yeah yeah yeah yeah 

Little ghetto boy, hm yeah 

Yeah yeah yeah 

(Everything has got to get better) 

Hey yeah yeah 

Got to believe that everything 

Yeah yeah yeah yeah 

Whoa ho oh oh oh 

Whoa yeah 

Whoa ho oh oh oh 

Oh yeah yeah 

Yeah, yeah, little ghetto boy 

Mm yeah yeah