you ve come a long way baby from wealth and food stamp lines you re moving on up and leaving poverty behind you ve had a good education and seen the best of the schools but when you take a drink the ghetto comes out of you i took you out of the ghetto i took you out of the ghetto i took you out of the ghetto but i could not get that ghetto out of you you re a foxy lady your mamma had a beautiful child you re built like a brick house and that s no lie when we go to the disco you drive the fellas wild when you shake your booty ghetto style you re a hunk of raw sugar got some real sweet hips your love your love your love is like a honey drip your roots are in the mean streets that ll never change ghetto mamma stay the same ghetto mamma don t you change ghetto mamma stay the same 