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 ...