[R. Kelly]
Gotham City for the ghetto, ghetto...
Gotham City for the ghetto, ghetto...
[R. Kelly talking]
Uh yo yo, everybody`s talkin` about the good ol` days, the good ol` days
Everybody`s talkin` about the good ol` days (I remember)
Ha, I remember when me and my brother used to sit up on the porch
In the summertime and just talk about.. just makin` it
Know what I`m sayin` bein` successful and followin` after dreams
And uh.. I believe that`s every kids dream, ya know what I`m sayin`
To rise and be somebody but damn sometimes we just get caught up...
[Verse 1: R. Kelly]
I ain`t got no money and I ain`t got no friends
Looks like my world is comin` to an end
No food on the table, no clothes on my back
No shoes on my feet and I just barely gotta used Cadillac
Now ain`t that ghetto for ya
But some how it`s got to change yeah, ghetto for ya
So I took this remix and rearranged Gotham City, city of love
(City of love), a city of peace for everyone of us (For everyone of us)
Cause we all need it, can`t live without it (Can`t live without it)
Gotham City for the ghetto, yeah
[Verse 2: Strings]
Gotham City for the ghetto, that`s what I`m talkin` about...
Ghetto fabulous, to a nigga health be hazardous
If you wanna test wrath in us, for the respect
S-T-R-I-N-G-S, yes, fuck the rest
Give me the best, why should I have to settle for less
When I could push V-12`s in finesse
Wha-wha whew and all that mess
You can try to hold me back but I
Keep on truckin` till I hit the sky
Even if you wanted to ya can`t deny
Gotta feed baby girl, do or die
[Verse 3: R. Kelly]
We keep talkin` about escalating (Escalating), well who`s gonna go first
Guess I`ll be the one to step up
If you don`t follow me it would be the worst
Every time something goes down, somebody`s cryin` ghetto tears
Hope I`m not rainin` on your parade
But this is not what`s keepin` it real is, now ain`t that ghetto for ya
But some how it`s got to change yeah, ghetto for ya
So I took this remix and rearranged a Gotham City
City of love (Uh huh, uh, huh, uh huh)
A city of peace, for every one of us, oh yeah (That`s right)
Cause we all need it, can`t live without it, oh yeah yeah
A Gotham City for the ghetto
[Verse 4: Strings]
Uh, uh, uh check it out
Now motherfucker wanna act surprised
Cause you afraid to change and scared to rise
That`s why ya ass gettin` left behind
Nigga outta sight, nigga outta mind
Cause ain`t nobody gonna stop the dream
Talk that shit, lock my cream
Negativity ya got to let it go
Havin` Gotham City free ya soul
[R. Kelly]
And we all need it, hey hey hey
Gotham City for the ghetto (Gotham City for the ghetto)
Yeah (That`s right) uh hmmm
Callin` on Heaven
Send yo love down to the ghetto, uh hmm
Talkin` about a land where, oh yeah
Where there will be no more cryin`
No more cryin` no, oh yeah
A place where we can all just get along, yeah
And children will sing ghetto love songs (Sing y`all and smile)
And a land where, city of love
And a land where, for every one of us
