In the Ghetto-Joe Simon

[ti:In the Ghetto] [ar:Joe Simon] [al:Kings of Rnb] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]In the Ghetto - Joe Simon [00:11.76]As the snow flies [00:14.95] [00:17.42]On a cold and gray chicago mornin [00:20.37]A poor little baby child is born [00:22.75]In the ghetto [00:28.20]And his mama cries [00:33.74]'Cause if there's one thing that she don't need [00:36.60]It's another hungry mouth to feed [00:39.28]In the ghetto [00:43.34] [00:44.45]People don't you understand [00:47.90]Child a needs helping hand [00:50.72]Or he'll grow to be an angry young man some day [00:56.05]Take a look at you and me [00:58.50]Are we too blind to see [01:01.81]Do we simply turn our heads [01:04.31]Look other way [01:06.76]As the world turns [01:12.76]And a hungry little boy with a runny nose [01:15.62]Plays in the street as the cold wind blows [01:18.59]In the ghetto [01:23.70]And his hunger burns [01:29.00]He starts to roam the streets at night [01:31.74]And he learns how to steal [01:33.31]And he to learns fighthow [01:34.43]In the ghetto [01:40.30]Then one night in desperation [01:42.83]The young man breaks away [01:45.53]He buys a gun steals a car [01:48.25]He tries to run but he don't get far [01:51.16]And his mama cries [01:56.33]As a crowd gathers 'round an angry young man [01:59.00]Face down on the street with a gun in his hand [02:01.71]In the ghetto [02:06.83]And as her young man dies [02:12.65]On a cold and gray chicago mornin [02:15.60]Another little baby child is born [02:18.09]In the ghetto [02:23.92]And his mama cries