《In the Ghetto》歌词

[00:00:00] In the Ghetto - Candi Staton/The source

[00:00:11] As the snow flies

[00:00:17] On a cold and gray Chicago morn

[00:00:19] A poor little baby child is born

[00:00:23] In the ghetto (in the ghetto)

[00:00:28] And his mama cries

[00:00:33] 'Cause if there's one thing

[00:00:35] That she don't need

[00:00:36] It's another little

[00:00:37] Hungry mouth to feed

[00:00:40] In the ghetto (in the ghetto)

[00:00:44] People don't you understand

[00:00:46] The child needs a helping hand

[00:00:50] Or he'll grow to be an

[00:00:51] Angry young man some day

[00:00:55] Take a look at you and me

[00:00:57] Are we too blind to see

[00:01:01] Or do we simply turn our heads

[00:01:03] And look the other way

[00:01:09] Well the world turns

[00:01:13] And a hungry little boy

[00:01:15] With a runny nose

[00:01:16] Plays in the street

[00:01:17] As the cold wind blows

[00:01:20] In the ghetto (in the ghetto)

[00:01:24] And his hunger burns

[00:01:30] So he starts to

[00:01:31] Roam the street at night

[00:01:33] He learns how to steal

[00:01:34] And he learns how to fight

[00:01:36] In the ghetto (in the ghetto)

[00:01:41] And then one night in desperation

[00:01:44] A young man breaks away

[00:01:46] He buys a gun steals a car

[00:01:50] Tries to run but he don't get far

[00:01:54] And his mama cries

[00:01:59] As a crowd gathers round

[00:02:00] An angry young man

[00:02:01] Face down in the street

[00:02:03] With a gun in his hand

[00:02:05] In the ghetto (in the ghetto)

[00:02:10] And as her young man dies

[00:02:15] On a cold and grey Chicago morn

[00:02:18] Another little baby child is born

[00:02:24] In the ghetto (in the ghetto)

[00:02:38] And his mama cries (in the ghetto)