And suddenly tha ghetto didn't seem so tough/And though we had it rough, we always had enough

So will the real men get up/I know you're fed up ladies, but keep your head up

I huffed and puffed about my curfew and broke the rules/Ran with the local crew, and had a smoke or two

And if we don't we'll have a race of babies/That will hate the ladies, that make the babies/And since a man can't make one/He has no right to tell a woman when…

Neighborhoods in which people are poor and working are entirely different from neighborhoods in which people are poor and jobless. Jobless neighborhoods are tr…

life in tha hood is all good for nobody

People from all sectors of society, including business, government and community must all work together to reduce poverty at its source, by ensuring that all h…