"The World Is a Ghetto"
Single by Geto Boys
from the album Original Gangstas (soundtrack) and The Resurrection
B-side"Still"
ReleasedMarch 16, 1996
Recorded1995; Lil J's Studio
(Houston, Texas)
GenreGangsta hip hop
Length4:43
LabelRap-a-Lot, Noo Trybe
Songwriter(s)Brad Jordan, Richard Shaw, William Dennis
Producer(s)N.O. Joe
Geto Boys singles chronology
"Straight Gangstaism"
(1993)		 "The World Is a Ghetto"
(1996)		 "Geto Fantasy"
(1996)

"The World Is a Ghetto" is a single by the Geto Boys. The song appeared on the group's sixth album, The Resurrection, and was used on the Original Gangstas soundtrack.

Produced by Mike Dean and N.O. Joe, the song was the Geto Boy's first charting single with the classic line-up of Scarface, Willie D and Bushwick Bill since their 1991 breakthrough "Mind Playing Tricks on Me". To date, "The World Is a Ghetto" remains the Geto Boys' last charting single, peaking at 82 on the Billboard Hot 100.

Single track listing

A-side

  1. "The World Is a Ghetto" (Extra Clean Radio Edit)- 4:09
  2. "The World Is a Ghetto" (Geto Clean Radio Edit)- 4:09
  3. "The World Is a Ghetto" (Instrumental)- 4:09

B-side

  1. "The World Is a Ghetto" (LP Version)- 4:43
  2. "Still" (LP Version)- 4:33
  3. "Still" (Instrumental)- 4:26

Charts

Chart (1996) Peak
position
UK Dance (OCC)[1] 21
UK Hip Hop/R&B (OCC)[2] 11
UK Singles (OCC)[3] 49
US Billboard Hot 100[4] 82
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)[5] 37
US Hot Rap Songs (Billboard)[6] 12

References


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