Ghetto Children Lyrics - Kaleidoscope - Kelis

Wake up wake up 

Ghetto children 

Wake up wake up 

Ghetto children 

Ghetto boy 

You're my life 

And there's so much for you to protect and to say 

And baby boy 

Don't hit your wife 

'Cause your kids may grow up someday to be this way 

You don't know 

What you may be 

To some boy 

In society 

There's a secret to why 

You must survive 

So listen to what we say 

'Cause this type of shit happens everyday 

Go for yours cause dreams come true 

And this is the message we bring to you 

Hey now hey now now 

Hey now hey now now 

No matter what teachers say to you 

Ghetto children are beautiful 

Say hey now hey now now 

Hey now hey now now 

Baby girl 

You're my life 

It's important that you smile 

And never cry 

Study math and your sciences 

Maybe you'll figure why we subtract and multiply 

You don't know 

What you may be 

To some girl 

In society 

There's a secret to why we must survive 

So listen to what we say 

'Cause this type of shit happens everyday 

Go for yours cause dreams come true 

And this is the message we bring to you 

Hey now hey now now 

Hey now hey now now 

No matter what teachers say to you 

Ghetto children are beautiful 

Say hey now hey now now 

Hey now hey now now 

Crack town 

Ghetto in the city 

Buildings are abandoned 

The girls are still pretty 

A child looks in the mirror 

Here to see my life clearer 

All I see is ghetto keys to this jet black carrera 

Of course 911 don't mean help 

The only ones that need help is them sons without wealth 

It's apparent that this nation 

They don't know what they facin 

Young natural born killers 

And these street corner masons 

You want that type of money 

That you see in a mob flick 

Would you stash it your wallet? 

Yes with the lumps under my carpet 

Listen to your heart 

Why should I listen to you? 

I was here from the start 

But you don't bring no money through 

Look I only fill capes 

And to get it I kill jakes 

By the time I'm 21 

I'll be the ghetto bill gates 

You were born to be an angel 

That it was in my brain too 

Now the only star spangled 

Is coming outta my bangle 

Now that I'm out (ghetto ghetto boy) 

It's like the whole world blames you 

Although the ghetto's nothing like the conclusion I came to 

Your friends ill you claimin' both sides (ghetto ghetto girl) 

Now they don't claim you 

Ghetto children change the world 

Don't let it change you 

Go for yours cause dreams come true 

And this is the message we bring to you 

Hey now hey now now 

Hey now hey now now 

No matter what teachers say to you 

Ghetto children are beautiful 

Say hey now hey now now 

Hey now hey now now 

Go for yours cause dreams come true 

And this is the message we bring to you 

Hey now hey now now 

Hey now hey now now 

No matter what teachers say to you 

Ghetto children are beautiful 

Say hey now hey now now 

Hey now hey now now 

Little children the ones that caught up 

The whole world wants to be a part of 

A little ghetto thang 

A little ghetto thang (to fade)