Lyricist: DE ROUEN, EARL CEASAR/HOWARD, EDDY Composer: DE ROUEN, EARL CEASAR/HOWARD, EDDY
Little ghetto boy, playing in the ghetto street
Whatcha gonna do when you grow up
And have to face responsibility
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 cruel place to live
And it ain't gonna change
You're so young you've got so far to go
And I don't think you'll reach your goal
Young man, hanging 'round the pool room door
Look out
Little ghetto boy
When, when, when you become a man
You can make things change, yeah
Yeah, yeah, if you just take the stand
You gotta believe it yourself in all you do
You've gotta fight to make it better
Then you'll see how others will start believing to
Then, my son things will start to get better
Everything has got to get better
Everything has got to get better
Everything has got to get better
Everything has got to get better
Everything has got to get better
Everything has got to get better
Everything has got to get better
Everything has got to get better
Everything has got to get better