In the Ghetto-Candi Staton

[ti:In The Ghetto] [ar:Candi Staton] [al:Back To Back: Candi Staton & Chaka Khan] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]In the Ghetto - Candi Staton [00:11.82]As the snow flies [00:15.25] [00:17.14]On a cold and gray Chicago morn [00:19.94]A poor little baby child is born [00:23.89]In the ghetto (in the ghetto) [00:27.33] [00:28.26]And his mama cries [00:31.56] [00:33.60]'Cause if there's one thing [00:35.05]That she don't need [00:36.40]It's another little [00:37.27]Hungry mouth to feed [00:39.70] [00:40.43]In the ghetto (in the ghetto) [00:44.40]People don't you understand [00:46.88]The child needs a helping hand [00:50.30]Or he'll grow to be an [00:51.90]Angry young man some day [00:54.17] [00:55.28]Take a look at you and me [00:57.93]Are we too blind to see [01:01.38]Or do we simply turn our heads [01:03.96]And look the other way [01:06.74] [01:09.41]Well the world turns [01:13.63]And a hungry little boy [01:15.02]With a runny nose [01:16.51]Plays in the street [01:17.87]As the cold wind blows [01:20.46]In the ghetto (in the ghetto) [01:23.60] [01:24.85]And his hunger burns [01:28.43] [01:30.04]So he starts to [01:31.18]Roam the street at night [01:33.05]He learns how to steal [01:34.38]And he learns how to fight [01:36.95]In the ghetto (in the ghetto) [01:39.83] [01:41.39]And then one night in desperation [01:44.12]A young man breaks away [01:46.75]He buys a gun steals a car [01:50.05]Tries to run but he don't get far [01:53.41] [01:54.88]And his mama cries [01:56.94] [01:59.17]As a crowd gathers round [02:00.61]An angry young man [02:01.93]Face down in the street [02:03.26]With a gun in his hand [02:05.15] [02:05.93]In the ghetto (in the ghetto) [02:10.07]And as her young man dies [02:12.04] [02:15.69]On a cold and grey Chicago morn [02:18.49]Another little baby child is born [02:21.47] [02:24.91]In the ghetto (in the ghetto) [02:32.68] [02:38.02]And his mama cries (in the ghetto)