When I was a young boy
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Growing up in the ghetto
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Hanging out on corners
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Singin' with the fellas
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Lookin' for the Gypsy
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Trying to find a bit of fun
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Looking for some trouble
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Or anyone who'll give me some
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I was young and crazy
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In the ghetto
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Didn't know what my life would be
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In the ghetto
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I was dumb and oh so lazy
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In the ghetto
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Something had a spell on me
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In the ghetto
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You wanna know what I'm talkin' bout?
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Talkin' 'bout ghetto life
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Ghetto Liiiiiiiiiiiife
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You wanna know what I'm singin' 'bout?
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Talkin' 'bout ghetto life
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Ghetto Liiiiiiiiiiiife
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When I was a young man
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Kind of free and fancy
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Met this little cute girl
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She said her name was Nancy
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She had pigtails to her shoulders
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She couldn't have been much older
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She taught me what I had to know
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To make a girl not want to go
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She was very kinky
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In the ghetto
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She laid her pigtails down on me
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In the ghetto
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And I was feeling oh so sneaky
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In the ghetto
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I had to see what love could be
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In the ghetto
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I knew it all along
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That my game was strong
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But I was wrong that time
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I knew I had to pray
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And give myself away
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Did you think I was man enough?
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Yeah
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Did you think I was smart enough?
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Yeah
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Did you think I was strong enough?
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Yeah
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Did you think I'd work it out?
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The Ghetto Life
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Sing it to ya, hit it baby baby
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Talkin 'bout ghetto life
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You got to get on over
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Talkin 'bout ghetto life
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When I was a young boy
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Tenements, slums and corner bums
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Playing tag with winos
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The only way to have some fun
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One thing 'bout the ghetto
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You don't have to hurry
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It'll be there tommorow
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So brother don't you worry
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Ghetto Life
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Talking 'bout ghetto life
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Talking 'bout Ghettoo Liiiiiiiiife
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Ghetto Life, baby
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Talkin' 'bout ghetto life
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Life
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Life
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(Talkin' 'bout ghetto life)
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Shoop Shoop Shoop Shoop, Shoop be doop in the ghetto
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People we got to get over
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Shoop Shoop Shoop Shoop, Shoop be doop in the ghetto
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Talkin' 'bout the life
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Shoop Shoop Shoop Shoop, Shoop be doop in the ghetto
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Life
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Where's the place we funk?
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Ghetto Land that's the place we funk
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The place we like to funk
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Ghetto Land that's the place where we funk
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Say where the place we funk
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Ghetto Land that's the place where we funk
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The place we like to funk
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Ghetto Land that's the place where we funk
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Ho!
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The place we like to funk
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Ghetto Land, we like to funk
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Where the place, we like to funk
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Ghetto Land, that's the place
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Where we funk from day to day
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Ghetto Land Ghetto Land
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Ghetto Life
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| Rick James |
