| 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 cute chicks
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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 talking 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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| Talking '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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| Ghetto Life
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| (Talking '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 Land, that’s the place
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| Where we funk from day to day
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| Ghetto Land |
Song information On this page you can read the lyrics of the song Ghetto Life , by - Rick James. Song from the album Bustin' Out: The Best Of Rick James, in the genre R&B