Song Lyrics

Ooh, mm
Mm-hmm
Yes, this is the ghetto, sure 'nuff now

Oh, oh-oh, oh
Aw, yeah

Don't you know that's all right?
Yeah
Yeah

Aw (hey), yeah

The ghetto, hmm
The ghetto
The ghetto
The ghetto
Sure 'nuff

The ghetto
The ghetto
The ghetto
The ghetto
Oh, yeah

The ghetto, the ghetto
The ghetto, the ghetto, the ghetto
The ghetto, the ghetto, the ghetto
The ghetto, the ghetto, the ghetto
Yeah, yeah

The ghetto
The ghetto
You don't know what I'm talking about, yeah
The ghetto

The ghetto
My Lord
The ghetto
The ghetto

The ghetto
Whoa
The ghetto
The ghetto

The ghetto
The ghetto
The ghetto

I

I think y'all should listen to the brother
Wait a minute

No you ain't doin' what you're suppose to
You doin' what you wanna do (well)
But you know you are

Hey-ho
Living in my
The ghetto
The ghetto
The ghetto
The ghetto

That's alright, everything is okay

The ghetto
You better get a job
The ghetto
The ghetto
Quality night y'all (it was)

The ghetto
Everything is everything y'all
The ghetto
Pass the joint
The ghetto

The ghetto
The ghetto
We ain't gettin' out (woo)
The ghetto

Y'all look so elegant
The ghetto
The ghetto
The ghetto
Woo, look who it is
The ghetto

Yeah
The ghetto
The ghetto
The ghetto (get it)

The ghetto (leave her alone man)
The ghetto
The ghetto
The ghetto

Hey man give me you're money
You better not tell anybody
I don't owe you shit

Mm-hm (hey boy)
Mm-hm
Whoa (hey hey, hey hey)

The ghetto
Talkin' 'bout the ghetto
The ghetto
Talkin' 'bout the ghetto
I'm talkin' bout the ghetto (the ghetto)
Talkin' 'bout the ghetto (hmm, yeah)
The ghetto
Talkin' 'bout the ghetto (it's alright now)
Talkin' bout the ghetto (the ghetto)
Talkin' 'bout the ghetto (oh)
The ghetto
Talkin' 'bout the ghetto (whoa yeah)
The ghetto
Talkin' 'bout the ghetto (hmm)
The ghetto
Talkin' 'bout the ghetto (hmm)

Mm-hmm
Whoa-oh
Whoa-oh

I'm talkin 'bout the ghetto
I'm talkin' bout the ghetto, yeah

Can y'all dig it out there?

Donny Edward Hathaway, Leroy Hutson

The duration of The Ghetto [LP Version] is 6:51 minutes and seconds.