In the Ghetto-Jac King

[ti:In The Ghetto] [ar:Top of the Poppers] [al:Best Of Top Of The Pops 69] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]In the Ghetto - Jac King [00:06.09]As the snow flies [00:07.50] [00:11.88]On a cold and gray chicago morning [00:14.84]A poor little baby child is born [00:17.62]In the ghetto [00:18.29] [00:20.81]In the ghetto [00:21.57] [00:23.50]And his mama cries [00:24.94] [00:29.40]Cause if there's one thing that she don't need [00:32.22]It's another hungry mouth to feed [00:35.20]In the ghetto [00:36.12] [00:38.26]In the ghetto [00:39.08] [00:40.69]People don't you understand [00:42.03] [00:43.31]The child a needs helping hand [00:45.76] [00:46.91]Or he'll grow to be an angry young man some day [00:49.99] [00:51.82]I take a look at you and me [00:53.45] [00:54.59]Are we too blind to see [00:56.98] [00:58.32]Do we simply turn our heads [01:00.83] [01:01.34]Look the other way [01:03.66] [01:06.11]Well the world turns [01:08.12] [01:12.29]And a hungry little boy with a runny nose [01:14.77] [01:15.47]Plays in the street as the cold wind blows [01:18.13]In the ghetto [01:19.09] [01:21.20]In the ghetto [01:22.22] [01:24.03]And his hunger burns [01:25.17] [01:29.80]So he starts to roam the streets at night [01:32.78]And he learns how to steal [01:34.03]And he to learns how the fight [01:35.59]In the ghetto [01:36.43] [01:38.72]In the ghetto [01:39.66] [01:41.94]Then one night in desperation [01:43.71] [01:44.65]The young man breaks away [01:46.38] [01:47.54]He buys a gun steals a car [01:49.76] [01:50.40]Tries to run but he don't get far [01:53.45] [01:54.21]And his mama cries [01:55.62] [02:00.59]As a crowd gathers round an angry young man [02:03.44]Face down on the street with a gun in his hand [02:06.32]In the ghetto [02:07.39] [02:09.39]In the ghetto [02:10.09] [02:12.26]And as her young man dies [02:14.02] [02:15.67]In the ghetto [02:16.43] [02:18.41]One a cold and gray chicago morning [02:21.42]Another little baby child is born [02:24.40]In the ghetto [02:25.41] [02:28.31]In the ghetto [02:29.02] [02:31.26]And his mama cries [02:32.81] [02:34.39]In the ghetto [02:35.28] [02:40.38]In the ghetto [02:42.25] [02:46.53]Oh