Ghetto Lullabye - Shontelle

Hush little shorty, don't you cry

I'll sing you a ghetto lullaby

When things get rough let me dry your eyes

Give you the strength, hold your head up high

When this cold world never do you right

I'll hold you down through the darkest nights

So rest your head, let me ease your mind

I'll sing you a ghetto lullaby

Where shall I begin to teach you

What could take a lifetime to learn?

Nuff lies will be told, with each day

The truth will unfold

Picture if you can, a mountain so high

That you can't see the top

An ocean so wide

You can see where it meets the sky

Well, that's how far you're gonna have to go

Hold on tight shorty, don't let go

Those rains will fall and those winds will blow

Out in these streets can be so cold

Hush little shorty, don't you cry

I'll sing you a ghetto lullaby

When things get rough let me dry your eyes

Give you the strength, hold your head up high

When this cold world never do you right

I'll hold you down through the darkest nights

So rest your head, let me ease your mind

I'll sing you a ghetto lullaby

I'm looking at you, a picture of innocence framed within trust

Each river you cross filled with the unknown not so treacherous

All envy and greed will rip you apart and leave you to bleed

And incessantly cut you down with no trace of mercy

Nuff back stabbers and informers

Hate and disease, so let me warn ya

Sharks in the ocean will raise their teeth

Let's all run fast when you see

Hush little shorty, don't you cry

I'll sing you a ghetto lullaby

When things get rough let me dry your eyes

Give you the strength, hold your head up high

When this cold world never do you right

I'll hold you down through the darkest nights

So rest your head, let me ease your mind

I'll sing you a ghetto lullaby

Ooh, dry your eyes, don't you cry, not tonight

If you just try you will find your sunrise

Hush little shorty, don't you cry

I'll sing you a ghetto lullaby

When things get rough let me dry your eyes

Give you the strength, hold your head up high

When this cold world never do you right

I'll hold you down through the darkest nights

So rest your head, let me ease your mind

I'll sing you a ghetto lullaby