Donny Hathaway — Little Ghetto Boy Live

[Verse 1] Little ghetto boy Playing in the ghetto street What'cha gonna do when you grow up And have to face responsibility? Will you spend your days and nights in a pool room? Will you sell caps of madness to the neighborhood? Little ghetto boy [Bridge] You already know how rough life can be 'Cause you've seen so much pain and misery [Verse 2] Little ghetto boy Your daddy was blown away He robbed that grocery store Don't you know that was a sad, sad old day? All of your young life You've seen such misery and pain The world is a cruel place to live And it ain't gonna change You're so young You've got so far to go Don't think you'll reach your goal, young man Hanging by the pool room door Look out, y'all [Instrumental Break] [Verse 3] Little ghetto boy When, when, when you become a man You can make things change, yeah, hey, hey If you just take a stand You gotta believe in yourself and all you do You've gotta fight to make it better You'll see how others will start believing, too And my son, things will start to get better [Outro] (Everything has got to get better) Hey (Everything has got to get better) I said everything (Everything has got to get better) Everything has got to get better (Everything has got to get better) I declare, I believe every day (Everything has got to get better) Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah (Everything has got to get better) [Instrumental Break] I said everything (Everything has got to get better) Has got to get better (Everything has got to get better) Said I'm depending on you, little brother (Everything has got to get better) Yeah, yeah-yeah