In The Ghetto-Joe Simon

[ti:In The Ghetto] [ar:Joe Simon] [al:70S Soul Masters] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]In The Ghetto - Joe Simon [00:11.92]As the snow flies [00:13.55] [00:17.32]On a cold and gray chicago mornin [00:19.70]A poor little baby child is born [00:22.58]In the ghetto [00:24.01] [00:28.12]And his mama cries [00:29.74] [00:33.23]'Cause if there's one thing that she don't need [00:36.13]It's another hungry mouth to feed [00:38.85]In the ghetto [00:40.23] [00:44.22]People don't you understand [00:46.20] [00:47.20]The child a needs helping hand [00:49.46] [00:50.11]Or he'll grow to be an angry man young some day [00:53.42] [00:55.35]Take a look at you and me [00:57.01] [00:57.73]Are we too blind to see [01:00.34] [01:00.99]Do we simply turn our heads [01:03.71]The other way [01:05.30] [01:05.92]Well the world turns [01:07.88] [01:11.82]And a hungry little boy with a runny nose [01:14.53]Plays in the street as the cold wind blows [01:17.39]In the ghetto [01:18.62] [01:22.55]And his hunger burns [01:24.52] [01:28.10]So he starts to roam the streets at night [01:30.47]And he learns how to steal [01:31.87]And he to learns fighthow [01:33.22]In the ghetto [01:34.62] [01:38.96]Then one night in desperation [01:41.39]The young man breaks away [01:43.70] [01:44.24]He buys a gun steals a car [01:46.68]Tries to run but he don't get far [01:49.45]And his mama cries [01:51.50] [01:54.75]As a crowd gathers 'round an angry young man [01:57.39]Face down on the street with a gun in his hand [02:00.13]In the ghetto [02:01.37] [02:05.09]And as her young man dies [02:06.97] [02:10.80]On a cold and gray chicago mornin [02:13.74]Another little baby child is born [02:16.30]In the ghetto [02:17.40] [02:22.02]And his mama cries