Here's the story 'bout a ghetto girl

Livin' in a ghetto world

Against the world alone Problems in her ordinary life

Make you wanna run and hide

She can never get it right Like the seasons when they change

Nothin' ever stays the same

Surrounded by pain and empty dreams So I pray there's gotta be a better day

(I'm prayin' for a better day)

New day, gotta be a better way

(I'm tryna find a better way) See many times she didn't have a dime

When the bills would multiply

Contemplated suicide And mom and dad never had that special touch

Daddy touched her way too much

Finally she had enough Like the seasons when they change

Nothin' ever stays the same

Surrounded by pain and empty dreams And she's so alone livin' in the ghetto

(I'm prayin' for a better day)

I'm tryna find a better place

Baby, don't you cry Hush little baby, please don't you cry

Baby, there's no need to cry

Just reach for the sky Don't worry baby, you'll be alright

So learn how to smile

Kiss your tears goodbye (I'm prayin' for a better day)

She was a little ghetto child

And then she turned her life around another day

(I'm tryna find a better way)

And I gotta find another way Baby, don't you cry, you can spread your wings

And learn to fly high, high

Baby, dry your eyes, you can spread your wings

And learn to fly high, so high Baby, don't you cry, you can spread your wings

And learn to fly high, high

Baby, dry your eyes, you can spread your wings

And learn to fly high, so high Said she gotta get outta the ghetto

Oh yes