In The Ghetto-Mac Davis

[ti:In The Ghetto] [ar:Mac Davis] [al:Mac Davis: Greatest Hits] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]In The Ghetto - Mac Davis [00:11.29]As the snow flies [00:12.54] [00:16.58]On a cold and gray Chicago mornin' [00:19.57]A poor little baby child is born [00:22.94]In the ghetto [00:23.87] [00:27.50]And his mama cries [00:29.00] [00:32.62]'Cause if there's one thing that she don't need [00:35.06]It's another hungry mouth to feed [00:37.80] [00:38.36]In the ghetto [00:39.12] [00:43.61]People don't you understand [00:45.28]The child needs a helping hand [00:48.70]Or he'll grow to be an angry young man some day [00:52.58] [00:54.24]Take a look at you and me [00:55.93] [00:56.81]Are we too blind to see [00:59.06] [00:59.62]Do we simply turn our heads [01:03.05]And look the other way [01:05.51] [01:07.56]Well the world turns [01:09.11] [01:12.34]And a hungry little boy with a runny nose [01:14.96]Plays in the street as the cold wind blows [01:17.88]In the ghetto [01:18.95] [01:22.90]And his hunger burns [01:24.27] [01:27.75]So he starts to roam the streets at night [01:31.04]And he learns how to steal [01:32.37]And he learns how to fight [01:33.91]In the ghetto [01:34.86] [01:39.01]Then one night in desperation [01:40.59]A young man breaks away [01:43.54]He buys a gun steals a car [01:47.23]Tries to run but he don't get far [01:50.90] [01:52.28]And his mama cries [01:53.53] [01:57.46]As a crowd gathers 'round an angry young man [02:00.27]Face down in the street with a gun in his hand [02:02.99]In the ghetto [02:04.00] [02:08.35]As her young man dies [02:10.54] [02:13.74]On a cold and grey Chicago mornin' [02:16.54]Another little baby child is born [02:18.77] [02:19.34]In the ghetto [02:22.46] [02:28.01]And his mama cries