In The Ghetto

Verse 1:

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As the snow flies,

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on a cold and grey Chicago mornin’,

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a poor little baby child is born in the ghetto.

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(in the | ghetto.)

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And his mama cries,

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’cause if there’s one thing that she don’t need,

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it’s an-other hungry mouth to feed,

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in the ghetto. (in the ghetto.)

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People, don’t you understand

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the child needs a helping hand,

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he’ll grow to be an angry young man some day.

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Take a look at you and me;

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are we too blind to see?

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Do we simply turn our heads

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and look the other way?

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Well, the world turns,

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and a hungry little boy with a runny nose

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plays in the street as the cold wind blows

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in the ghetto,(in the ghetto)

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And his hunger burns.

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So he starts to roam the streets at night,

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and he learns how to steal

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and he learns how to fight

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in the ghetto.(in the ghetto)

Verse 2:

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Then one night in desperation,

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the young man breaks a-way;

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he buys a gun,

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he steals a car,

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tries to run but he don’t get far,

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and his mama cries.

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As a crowd gathers ’round an angry young man

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face down in the street

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with a gun in his hand

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in the ghetto,(in the ghetto)

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And as her young man dies. (in the ghetto)

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On a cold and grey Chicago mornin’,

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an-other little baby child is born

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in the ghetto. (in the ghetto)

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and his mama cries. (in the ghetto)

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(in the ghetto) (in the ghetto)