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Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Rick James
Guitar
Daniel Lemelle
Saxophone
Melvin Franklin
Background Vocals
Richard Street
Background Vocals
Otis Williams
Background Vocals
Cliff Ervin
Trumpet
Erskine Williams
Keyboards
John Ervin
Trombone
Lanise Hughes
Drums
Larry Hansen
Violin
Levi Ruffin Jr.
Background Vocals
Oscar Alston
Bass Guitar
Tom McDermott
Guitar
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Rick James
Songwriter
Daniel Lemelle
Horn Arranger
Reggie Andrews
String Arranger
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Rick James
Producer
Bobby Brooks
Recording Engineer
Chris Bellman
Mastering Engineer
Michael Johnson
Assistant Engineer
Rick Sanchez
Recording Engineer
Suha Gur
Mastering Engineer
Tom Flye
Mixing Engineer
Tony Autore
Assistant Engineer
Lyrics
When I was a young boy
Growing up in the ghetto
Hanging out on corners
Singin' with the fellas
Lookin' for the cute chicks
Tryna find me big fun
Looking for some trouble
Or anyone who'll give me some
I was young and crazy (in the ghetto)
Didn't know what my life would be (in the ghetto)
I was dumb and, oh, so lazy (in the ghetto)
Something had a spell on me (in the ghetto)
You wanna know what I'm talkin' bout? (Talkin' 'bout ghetto life)
Ghetto life
You wanna know what I'm singin' 'bout? (Talkin' 'bout ghetto life)
Ghetto life
When I was a young man
Kind of free and fancy
Met this little cute girl
She said her name was Nancy
She had pigtails to her shoulders
She couldn't have been much older
She taught me what I had to know
To make a girl not wanna go
She was young and kinky (in the ghetto)
She laid her pigtails down on me (in the ghetto)
And I was young and, oh, so sneaky (in the ghetto)
I had to see what love could be (in the ghetto)
I knew it all along that my game was strong
But I was wrong that time
I knew I had to play, had to get myself away
Did you think I was man enough? (Yeah)
Did you think I was smart enough? (Yeah)
Did you think I was strong enough? (Yeah)
Did you think I wouldn't get out? (Doo-doo-doo-doo-doo, doo-doo, doo)
(Of the ghetto Life)
Sing it to 'til you feel it when you say
(Talkin 'bout) ghetto life
You got to get on over, (talkin 'bout) ghetto life
When I was a young boy
Tenements, slums and corner bums
Playing tag with winos
The only way to have some fun
One thing 'bout the ghetto
You don't have to hurry
It'll be there tommorow
So, brother, don't you worry
Ghetto life (talking 'bout ghetto life)
Talking 'bout ghetto life
Ghetto life, baby
(Talkin' 'bout ghetto life)
(Life)
(Life) ghetto life (talkin' 'bout ghetto life)
La-la-la-la, life (shoop, shoop, shoop, shoop, shoop bee doop, in the ghetto)
People, we got to get over (shoop, shoop, shoop, shoop, shoop bee doop, in the ghetto)
Talkin' 'bout the life (shoop, shoop, shoop, shoop, shoop bee doop, in the ghetto)
(Life)
Where's the place we funk? (Ghetto Land, that's the place where we funk)
(Place we like to funk, Ghetto Land, that's the place where we funk)
Say, where the place we funk? (Ghetto Land, that's the place where we funk)
(Place we like to funk, Ghetto Land) ho!
(That's the place where we funk, place we like to funk)
Where's the place we like to funk? Where's the place we like to funk?
Ghetto Land, that's the place
Where we funk from day to day
Ghetto Land
Ghetto Land
Ghetto Land, that's the place
Where we funk from day to day
Writer(s): Tracey Davis, Keiwan Spillman, Rick James, Kevin Gilliam, Calvin Broadus, Craig Miller
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