John Legend、Black Thought、The Roots - Little Ghetto Boy

[00:00.00]时代音乐网 www.78497.com  [00:00.54]Little Ghetto Boy - John Legend & The Roots [00:02.57]My grandmother suits was tailor made [00:04.27]Sundays Mahalia played [00:05.69]Simple familiar ways [00:06.90]Like how she kneeled and prayed [00:08.33]Willin  master forgive us [00:10.25]Our trust pastors had us real afraid [00:12.03]I never listened yet I still obeyed [00:14.07]I got to see how Philly played at such an early age [00:16.86]What my father was into sent him to his early grave [00:19.62]Then moms started chasin that base  like Willie Mays [00:22.45]My childhood was all of 40 nights and 40 days [00:25.02]Trouble was my ball and chain [00:26.47]Shorties would call me names [00:28.02]Humble beginnings but a star is what it all became [00:30.78]My journey from a dirty hallway  to the Hall of Fame [00:33.76]Music my therapeutic way to cope with all this pain [00:36.24]Was headed for the drain [00:37.65]Soakin before the rainwater came [00:39.87]And chaos  into the order came [00:41.81]I started doin what I'm 'sposed to do in life [00:44.17]Tryin to move out of the dark [00:45.82]And closer to the light [00:47.09]They say if you get a chance to do it [00:48.93]Overdo it right [00:50.03]Tomorrow isn't promised every time [00:52.42]You say goodnight [00:53.53]Knahmtalkinabout  Uhh  yo [00:56.00]Story of a little ghetto boy  check it out [00:58.49]Yeah yeahhh [00:58.85]Little ghetto boy  ohhh [01:03.56]Playin in the ghetto street  ay-ayyyy [01:09.86]What'chu gonna do when you grow up [01:13.18]And have to face responsibility [01:17.76]Yeah yeahhh [01:20.65]Will you spend your days and nights in a pool room [01:26.04]Will you sell caps of madness [01:29.56]To the neighborhood [01:31.73]Little ghetto boy [01:35.27]You already know  how rough life could be [01:42.80]Hard to see  so much pain and misery [01:51.21]Yeahhhhhhh  yeahhhh [01:54.77]Little ghetto boy  yeah [01:58.15]Your daddy was blown away [02:02.56]Heyyyy yeahhh [02:04.63]He robbed that grocery store yeah [02:08.63]Don't you know that was a sad sad day [02:13.74]Eyyyyy-yeah [02:17.12]All your young life you've seen such misery and pain [02:22.63]The world's a cruel place to live in [02:24.75]It ain't gonna change yeahh [02:28.14]You're so young  and you've got so far to goooooo [02:35.84]Don't think you'll reach your goal young man [02:38.76]Talkin 'bout the ghetto boy [02:41.83]Yeah yeah yeahhhh [03:09.35]Yeah  yeahhh little ghetto BOYYYYY-OYYYY [03:15.93]When when you become a maaaaan  yeahhhh [03:22.07]You can make things change [03:26.59]Oh if you just take a stand  yeah yeahhhh [03:33.09]You've got to believe in yourself  in all that you doooo [03:39.63]You've got to fight to make it better  better [03:45.02]And you will see  that others will start believin too [03:52.09]Then my son  things will start to get better [03:58.31]Hey yeahhhh yeah [04:00.84]Everything has got to get better [04:05.64]Ohhh [04:06.59]Everything has got to get better [04:12.11]Everything has got to get better [04:15.66]Yeahhh yeahhhhh yeah [04:20.94]Don't you know it's gonna get better [04:27.32]Heyyyyyy yeah yeah [04:32.07]Got to believe that everything [04:35.92]Yeahhhhh yeah yeah yeah [04:43.17]Whooahhh ho oahhh oahhh oahh [04:48.82]Whoa yeah [04:54.21]Whoah ho oahhh oh ohhhhhhh [04:58.72]OHHHHHHHH YEAH YEAHHHH [05:02.77]YEAH  YEAHHHHH  little ghetto boy [05:11.18]Mmmmmm yeah yeahhhhhhhhh