The World Is a Ghetto (Geto Boys song) explained

The World Is a Ghetto
Cover:The World is a Ghetto.jpg
Type:single
Artist:Geto Boys
Album:Original Gangstas (soundtrack) and The Resurrection
B-Side:Still
Released:March 16, 1996
Recorded:1995
Studio:Lil J's Studio, Houston, Texas
Genre:Hip hop
Length:4:43
Label:Rap-a-Lot, Noo Trybe
Producer:N.O. Joe
Chronology:Geto Boys
Prev Title:Straight Gangstaism
Prev Year:1993
Next Title:Geto Fantasy
Next Year: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