it s rough and tough down here way down in the ghetto down in the ghetto oh lord oh lord it s rough and tough down here way down in the ghetto down in the ghetto give us a helping hand it s l and damnation way down in the ghetto down in the ghetto oh lord oh lord there s famine and the land way down in the ghetto lord give us a helping hand our children have no home way down in the ghetto down in the ghetto oh lord oh lord all they do is roam way down in the ghetto give us a helping hand listen we re trying to keep alive way down in the ghetto down in the ghetto oh lord oh lord oh lord can we survive way down in the ghetto lord give us a helping hand it s rough and tough down here way down in the ghetto give us a helping hand