As the snow flies on a cold and grey Chicago mornin' A poor little baby child is born in the ghetto And his mama cries 'cause if there's one thing that she don't need It's another hungry mouth to feed in the ghetto So people won't you understand The child needs a helping hand or he'll grow to be an angry young man someday Take a look at you and me Are we too blind to see? Do we simply turn our heads and look the other way? Well, the world turns And a poor little boy with a runny nose Plays in the street while the cold wind blows in the ghetto And his hunger burns So he starts to roam the streets at night And he learns how to steal, and he learns how to fight in the ghetto Then one night in desperation The young man breaks away He buys a gun and he steals a car And he tries to run But he doesn't get far And his mama cries As a crowd gathers 'round an angry young man face down on the street with a gun in his hand in the ghetto And as her young man dies on a cold and gray Chicago mornin' Another little baby child is born in the ghetto, in the ghetto, in the ghetto
[00:06.89]As the snow flies [00:12.22]on a cold and grey Chicago mornin' [00:15.18]A poor little baby child is born [00:17.72]in the ghetto [00:23.36]And his mama cries [00:29.09]'cause if there's one thing that she don't need [00:32.02]It's another hungry mouth to feed [00:34.78]in the ghetto [00:40.19]So people won't you understand [00:42.92]The child needs a helping hand [00:46.22]or he'll grow to be an angry young man someday [00:51.47]Take a look at you and me [00:53.97]Are we too blind to see? [00:57.18]Do we simply turn our heads and look the other way? [01:04.31]Well, the world turns [01:09.95]And a poor little boy with a runny nose [01:13.21]Plays in the street while the cold wind blows [01:16.01]in the ghetto [01:21.43]And his hunger burns [01:27.22]So he starts to roam the streets at night [01:30.12]And he learns how to steal, and he learns how to fight [01:32.71]in the ghetto [01:38.56]Then one night in desperation [01:41.40]The young man breaks away [01:44.31]He buys a gun and he steals a car [01:46.86]And he tries to run [01:48.35]But he doesn't get far [01:52.85]And his mama cries [01:59.32]As a crowd gathers 'round [02:01.93]an angry young man face down on the street with a gun in his hand [02:04.80]in the ghetto [02:10.62]And as her young man dies [02:16.30]on a cold and gray Chicago mornin' [02:19.39]Another little baby child is born [02:22.03]in the ghetto, in the ghetto, in the ghetto
