Out of the Ghetto

You've come a long way, baby

From welfare and food-stamp lines

You're moving on up

And leaving poverty behind

You've had a good education

And seen the best of schools

But when you take a drink

The ghetto comes out of you

I took you out of the ghetto

I took you out of the ghetto

I took you out of the ghetto

But I could not get that ghetto out of you

You're a foxy lady

Your mama had a beautiful child

You're built like a brick house

And that's no lie

When we go to a disco

You drive the fellas wild

When you shake your booty

Ghetto-style

I took you out of the ghetto

I took you out of the ghetto

I took you out of the ghetto

But I could not get that ghetto out of you

You're a hunk of brown sugar

You got some real sweet hips

Your love, your love, your love

You're like a chocolate chip

Your roots are in the song's beat

That'll never change

Ghetto mama

Stay the same

I took you out of the ghetto

I took you out of the ghetto

I took you out of the ghetto

But I could not get that ghetto out of you

Ghetto mama, don't you change

Ghetto mama, stay the same