Kelis, Marc Dorsey , N.E.R.D. - Ghetto Children lyrics

Yo, wake up, wake up, ghetto children
Wake up, wake up, ghetto children
Wake up, wake up, ghetto children
Wake up, wake up, ghetto children
Wake up, wake up, Hey, hey

You're a ghetto boy, you're my life
And there's so much for you
To protect and to save
And baby boy don't hit your wife
Cause your kids may grow up
Someday to be this way, yeah
You don't know what you may be
To some boy in society

You must survive so listen to what we say
Cause this type of shit happens every day

Come for yours cause dreams come true
And this is the message that we bring through
Say hey now, hey now, now hey now, hey now
No matter what teachers say to you
Ghetto children are beautiful
Say hey now, hey now, now hey now, hey now

Baby girl you're my life
It's important that you smile

Study math and your sciences
Maybe you'll figure why we
Subtract and not 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 every day

Come for yours cause dreams come true
And this is the message that we bring through
Say hey now, hey now, now hey now, hey now
No matter what teachers say to you
Ghetto children are beautiful
Say hey now, hey now, now hey now, hey now

Crack town, ghetto in the city
Buildings are abandoned but the
Girls are still pretty
A child looks in the mirror
Yeah to see my life clearer
All I see is ghetto keys
To this jet black coke gram
Nine eleven course
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 facing
Young natural born killers
And these street corner masons
You want that type of money
That you see in the mob cliques
With your stashes in the drawers
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 feel capes
And to get it I kill Jakes
By the time I'm 20 wanna
Be the ghetto Bill Gates
You a were born to be an angel
That was in my brain too
Now the only Star Spangle's
Coming out my Kangol
Now that I'm out it's like
The whole world flames you
Although the ghetto's nothing like the
Conclusion I came to
Your friends see you playing both sides
Now they don't claim you
Ghetto children change the world
Don't let the world change you
Come on, word, nerd, word

Come for yours cause dreams come true
And this is the message that we bring through
Say hey now, hey now, now hey now, hey now
No matter what teachers say to you
Ghetto children are beautiful
Say hey now, hey now, now hey now, hey now

Little children wanna seem part of
The whole world wants to be apart of
A little ghetto things
A little ghetto things ay yo, ay yo
Little children wanna seem part of
The whole world wants to be apart of
My little ghetto kings
My little ghetto queens