[00:00.000] 作词 : G. Hughes/J. Thomas/T. Martínez/Jolyon Skinner
[00:01.000] 作曲 : G. Hughes/J. Thomas/T. Martínez/Jolyon Skinner
[00:17.190]I'm a ghetto child （Check it, out）
[00:22.730]There's a world out there that I wanna see
[00:25.610]There's a man that I'm destined to be
[00:28.300]I won't be stopped by the ghetto streets
[00:31.200]I believe inside that I can't be beat
[00:34.610]This life could be a ball and chain
[00:37.070]If you let yourself get caught in the game
[00:40.060]I had some friends who sold drugs for dough
[00:43.170]But I don't intend to go down that road
[00:45.650]Just because I'm a ghetto child
[00:48.320]I won't live down to your expectations （No, no）
[00:52.160]Just believe that a ghetto child
[00:54.190]Can rise in the highest celebration （Oh）
[00:57.440]Know that I am a ghetto child
[00:59.960]But I can see the best in me, can you
[01:03.240]I'm a ghetto child
[01:06.370]All the ghettos around the world, dig this
[01:08.730]One day I'm gonna change the world
[01:11.050]Make a better place for every boy and girl
[01:14.150]Everyone in need, homeless families
[01:16.110]Have a place to sleep and food to eat
[01:20.220]I'll take every gun off the streets
[01:22.090]So another tear won't be shed in grief
[01:25.710]And every thug in every hood
[01:28.220]I will make 'em change from bad to good
[01:31.790]I believe that it can be done
[01:34.340]Gotta start somewhere and I'm that one
[01:36.510]All the children sing （Yeah, yeah）
[01:40.080]All the children sing （Yeah, yeah）
[01:43.350]Just because I'm a ghetto child
[01:44.780]I won't live down to your expectations
[01:47.480]Just believe that a ghetto child
[01:51.130]Can rise in the highest celebration
[01:54.530]Know that I am a ghetto child
[01:57.090]But I can see the best in me, can you
[02:00.540]I'm a ghetto child （Ooh, yeah, ooh）
[02:04.490]{Hey, yo', look at me inna different light}
[02:07.650]{Spare me all about those stereotypes}
[02:10.250]Ain't no madness that'll bring me down
[02:14.340]Gonna take this life and turn it around
[02:18.030]{Now see, the sky's the limit, I won't be denied}
[02:21.230]{Ain't no stoppin' me, I'm a ghetto child}
[02:23.370]And at the end when it's said and done
[02:25.990]We will all be singin' this ghetto song
[02:29.470]I believe that it can be done （Yeah, oh）
[02:32.070]Gotta start somewhere and I'm that one
[02:34.600]All the children sing （Yeah, yeah）
[02:37.340]All the children sing （Yeah, yeah）
[02:40.970]Just because I'm a ghetto child
[02:43.200]I won't live down to your expectations
[02:46.220]Just believe that a ghetto child
[02:48.650]Can rise in the highest celebration （Oh...oh...oh...）
[02:51.550]Know that I am a ghetto child
[02:54.380]But I can see the best in me, can you
[02:57.870]I'm a ghetto child （Let's go to church now）
[03:03.850]Just because I'm a ghetto child （Uh）
[03:06.150]I won't live down to your expectations （Take me to
[03:09.220]church now）
[03:09.990]Just believe that a ghetto child （Ooh）
[03:12.060]Can rise in the highest celebration （Hey, hey）
[03:15.130]Know that I am a ghetto child （Ooh, yeah）
[03:18.130]But I can see the best in me, can you
[03:20.470]I'm a ghetto child （Hey, ghetto child,
[03:24.300]whoa...oh...ooh...）
[03:27.110]Just because I'm a ghetto child
[03:28.980]I won't live down to your expectations （Sing a song
[03:31.840]for me）
[03:32.640]Just believe that a ghetto child （Sing a song for me）
[03:35.420]Can rise in the highest celebration （Everybody sing it
[03:37.440]now, yeah）
[03:37.860]Know that I am a ghetto child
[03:39.860]But I can see （Ooh, yeah） the best in me, can you （Oh）
[03:43.700]I'm a ghetto child （So I can see the best in me, can
[03:49.160]you）
[03:53.620]It's not where you're from, it's where you're gonna be
[03:55.440]（Hey）
[04:01.410]It's not where you're from, it's where you're gonna beJoe

作词 : G. Hughes/J. Thomas/T. Martínez/Jolyon Skinner
作曲 : G. Hughes/J. Thomas/T. Martínez/Jolyon Skinner
I'm a ghetto child （Check it, out）
There's a world out there that I wanna see
There's a man that I'm destined to be
I won't be stopped by the ghetto streets
I believe inside that I can't be beat
This life could be a ball and chain
If you let yourself get caught in the game
I had some friends who sold drugs for dough
But I don't intend to go down that road
Just because I'm a ghetto child
I won't live down to your expectations （No, no）
Just believe that a ghetto child
Can rise in the highest celebration （Oh）
Know that I am a ghetto child
But I can see the best in me, can you
I'm a ghetto child
All the ghettos around the world, dig this
One day I'm gonna change the world
Make a better place for every boy and girl
Everyone in need, homeless families
Have a place to sleep and food to eat
I'll take every gun off the streets
So another tear won't be shed in grief
And every thug in every hood
I will make 'em change from bad to good
I believe that it can be done
Gotta start somewhere and I'm that one
All the children sing （Yeah, yeah）
All the children sing （Yeah, yeah）
Just because I'm a ghetto child
I won't live down to your expectations
Just believe that a ghetto child
Can rise in the highest celebration
Know that I am a ghetto child
But I can see the best in me, can you
I'm a ghetto child （Ooh, yeah, ooh）
{Hey, yo', look at me inna different light}
{Spare me all about those stereotypes}
Ain't no madness that'll bring me down
Gonna take this life and turn it around
{Now see, the sky's the limit, I won't be denied}
{Ain't no stoppin' me, I'm a ghetto child}
And at the end when it's said and done
We will all be singin' this ghetto song
I believe that it can be done （Yeah, oh）
Gotta start somewhere and I'm that one
All the children sing （Yeah, yeah）
All the children sing （Yeah, yeah）
Just because I'm a ghetto child
I won't live down to your expectations
Just believe that a ghetto child
Can rise in the highest celebration （Oh...oh...oh...）
Know that I am a ghetto child
But I can see the best in me, can you
I'm a ghetto child （Let's go to church now）
Just because I'm a ghetto child （Uh）
I won't live down to your expectations （Take me to
church now）
Just believe that a ghetto child （Ooh）
Can rise in the highest celebration （Hey, hey）
Know that I am a ghetto child （Ooh, yeah）
But I can see the best in me, can you
I'm a ghetto child （Hey, ghetto child,
whoa...oh...ooh...）
Just because I'm a ghetto child
I won't live down to your expectations （Sing a song
for me）
Just believe that a ghetto child （Sing a song for me）
Can rise in the highest celebration （Everybody sing it
now, yeah）
Know that I am a ghetto child
But I can see （Ooh, yeah） the best in me, can you （Oh）
I'm a ghetto child （So I can see the best in me, can
you）
It's not where you're from, it's where you're gonna be
（Hey）
It's not where you're from, it's where you're gonna beJoe