Little Ghetto Boy , playing in the ghetto street  
Whatcha' gonna do when you grow up  
and have to face responsiblity '  
Will you spend your days and nights in the pool room '  
Will you sell caps of madness to the neighborhood '  
Little ghetto boy  
You already know how rough life can be  
'cause you've seen so much pain and misery  
 
Little ghetto boy  
Your daddy was blown away  
He robbed that grocery store  
Don't you know that was a sad , sad old day '  
All your young life  
You've seen such misery and pain  
The world is a [bad word] place to live  
and it ain't gonna change  
You're so young  
You've got so far to go on  
but I don't think you'll reach your goal  
Young man , hanging by the poolroom door  
 
Little ghetto boy  
When , when , when you [bad word] a man  
you can make things change if you just take a stand  
You gotta believe in yourself in all you do  
You've gotta fight to make it better  
then you will see how others will start believing too  
Then , my son , things will start to get better  
 
Everything has got to get better ,  
Everything has got to get better ...