In The Ghetto (Album Version)-Chris Clark

[ti:In The Ghetto (Album Version)] [ar:Chris Clark] [al:The Motown Anthology] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]In The Ghetto (Album Version) - Chris Clark [00:17.68]As the snow flies [00:20.28]On a cold and grey chicago morn [00:23.22]A poor little baby boy is born [00:26.64]In the ghetto in the ghetto [00:31.81]And his mama cries [00:34.97] [00:37.42]'Cause if there's one thing that she don't need [00:40.15]It's another hungry mouth to feed [00:42.67] [00:43.92]In the ghetto in the ghetto [00:48.05]People don't you understand [00:50.49]The child needs a helping hand [00:53.72]Or he'll grow to be an angry young man some day [00:58.19] [00:58.83]Take a look at you and me [01:01.11]Are we too blind to see [01:04.73]Do we simply turn our heads [01:07.49]And look the other way [01:13.09] [01:14.15]While the world turns [01:18.95] [01:20.44]And the hungry little boy with the runny nose [01:23.31]Plays in the street as the cold wind blows [01:26.49]In the ghetto in the ghetto [01:31.56]And his hunger burns [01:34.95] [01:37.12]So he starts to roam the streets at night [01:40.06]He learns how to steal [01:41.35]And he learns how to fight [01:42.73]In the ghetto in the ghetto [01:48.46]Then one night in desperation [01:51.05]The young man breaks away [01:53.75]He buys a gun he steals a car [01:56.33]He tries to run but he don't get far [02:00.46] [02:01.71]And his mama cries [02:05.59] [02:06.72]As a crowd gathers 'round an angry young man [02:09.39]Face down in the street with a gun in his hand [02:12.85]In the ghetto in the ghetto [02:18.08]And as her young man dies [02:22.43] [02:23.52]On a cold and grey chicago morn [02:26.44]Another little baby child is born [02:29.55] [02:31.50]In the ghetto in the ghetto [02:39.79] [02:41.77]And his mama cries