Intro:
Yo yo yo!!! It's ghetto ting dog, the garrisons and the projects yute
Yo, how it go, we got poor people everywhere in the world
United States Of America, United Kingdom, worst of all in Africa
In Afganistan, Chinese, Japanese, all my poor people, Jamaica!!!
Come on!!! sing it out!!!

Chorus:
I was born and raised in the ghetto
I was reaped and sowed in the ghetto
How do you raise your kids in the ghetto?
How do you live your life in the ghetto?

Verse 1:
Well this dedicated to all di dogs who sellin ganja for di notch
Or walk inna di cold and sell it from block to block
Set a foundation ain't no turnin back
Yo siddung a yard a now pon farin yuh fi catch
Yuh benz fi dung a yard a tek taxi off a dat
Be street wise and don't fall inna nuh trap
Uncle Sam this yute try nuh fi got
Nuh bodda get dropped by di cops so mi sing along

Chorus:
I was born and raised in the ghetto
I was reaped and sowed in the ghetto
How do you raise your kids in the ghetto?
How do you live your life in the ghetto?

Verse 2:
Well do yuh tink it's fair, for year and after
A yute caan get nuh work, because him live a curb
I said this to redeem, and now yuh would a weep
Yuh daughter said she hungry haffi sad a fi go sleep
Well I said dat wid a smile, cause if day was yuh child
And yuh don't have a job, would yuh tink a fraud
But tun away yuh eyes, I'm talkin to you guys and mi sing alone then...

Chorus:
I was born and raised in the ghetto
I was reaped and sowed in the ghetto
How do you raise your kids in the ghetto?
How do you live your life in the ghetto?

Verse 3:
Well this is how I feel, it's signed and it is sealed
Cause certain tings revealed dem a pressure di ghetto heal
Well come on let's be real, I've been widout a meal
I don't waan to go steal, so tell mi what's di deal
Well this is how I feel, it's signed and it is sealed
Cause certain tings revealed dem a pressure di ghetto heal
Well come on let's be real, I've been widout a meal
I don't waan to go steal, so tell mi what's di deal real real Holyfield

Chorus:
I was born and raised in the ghetto
I was reaped and sowed in the ghetto
How do you raise your kids in the ghetto?
How do you live your life in the ghetto?
I was born and raised in the ghetto
I was reaped and sowed in the ghetto
How do you raise your kids in the ghetto?
How do you live your life in the ghetto?