In The Ghetto

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[Verse]

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As the snow flies on a cold and grey
 Chicago morning
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a poor little baby child is born 
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in the ghetto and his mama cries.
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’cause if there’s one thing that she
 doesn’t need
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it’s another hungry mouth to feed 
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in the ghetto


[Chorus]

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People don’t you understand, the 
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child needs a helping hand
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or he’ll grow to be an angry young
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 man some day.
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Take a look at you and me are we 
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too blind to see
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Or do we simply turn our heads and 
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look the other way.


[Verse 2]

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Well, the world turns and a hungry 
little boy with the running nose
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Plays in the street as the cold 
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wind blows in the ghetto and his 
hunger burns,
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So he starts to roam in the streets 
at night
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And he learns how to steal and he 
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learns how to fight in the ghetto


[Chorus 2]

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Then one night in desperation a 
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young man breaks away
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He buys a gun, steals a car, 
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tries to run, he don’t get far


[Verse 3]

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and his mama cries
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As a crowd gathers ‘round an angry 
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young man, face down in the street 
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with a gun in his hand
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In the ghetto, and as the young man 
dies,
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On a cold and grey Chicago morning
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Another little baby child is born 
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in the ghetto and his mama cries