Light is the same thing as hope while limelight is fabricated and is false hope. The word in the ghetto teaches kids that being in the limelight is good and something that all kids in the ghetto should aspire too. The lyrics say “cant let her grow up in that ghetto university” is Kanye’s way of saying to not do that and teach the kids otherwise. In the middle of the video, you can see that Kanye is standing on top of a cop car in the middle of an aly. (00:02:31). The verse that he sings while on top of the car is, “turn up the lights in here baby.” The meaning of that verse is Kanye saying he wants you to see everything for what it is and what it isn’t.
