All the kids used to laugh at me
Call me stupid and call me weak
Made me feel just like a freak
I was lost and lonely
Never had nothin' to give
No reason for me to live
No reason to be...
Rock and roll it spoke to me
Saved me from the big empty
Made me feel alive and free
I'd like to think that finally
Had something that made me think
Brought my ass back from the brink
Gave me life again...
CHORUS: Ghetto Outcast (2x)
You're just a ghetto freak
The truth is bleak
Just a ghetto freak
Rock and Roll'll never be
Just a ghetto freak
Your future's bleak
Just a ghetto freak
Rock and roll'll never see (ya)
Came up from the 'hood
And it wudn't always that good
With a mohawk on my head
Folk lookin' at me with dread
But I had to live free...
Sistas don't look at me
They think that I'm crazy
They got tattoos and piercings but they hate that shit on me
Guitar pushes them away
But I wish that they would stay
And love my ass someday
(repeat CHORUS)
credits
released March 13, 2009
Words by Walter Kibby III and Roderick Palmer
Music by Tracy Singleton
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