Little Ghetto Boy Lyrics - John Legend

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 

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Yeah yeahhh 

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 

Photos 

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 

Yeahhh yeahhhhh yeah 

Don't you know it's gonna get better 

Heyyyyyy yeah yeah 

Got to believe that everything 

yeahhhhh yeah yeah yeah 

Whooahhh ho oahhh oahhh oahh 

Whoa yeah 

Whoah ho oahhh oh ohhhhhhh 

OHHHHHHHH YEAH YEAHHHH 

YEAH, YEAHHHHH, little ghetto boy 

Mmmmmm yeah yeahhhhhhhhh