Lookin' for the cute chicks
Trying to find a bit of fun
Or anyone who'll give me some
Didn't know what my life would be
I was dumb and oh so lazy
Something had a spell on me
You want to know what I'm talkin' bout?
Talkin' 'bout ghetto life
You want to know what I'm singin' 'bout?
Talkin' 'bout ghetto life
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 want to go
She laid her pigtails down on me
And I was feeling oh so sneaky
I had to see what love could be
But I was wrong that time
Did you think I was man enough?
Did you think I was smart enough?
Did you think I was strong enough?
Did you think I'd work it out?
Sing it to ya, hit it baby baby
Tenements, slums and corner bums
The only way to have some fun
One thing 'bout the ghetto