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