Intro :
As the snow flies
on a cold and grey Chicago mornin'a p oor little baby ch ild is born
in the ghet to
and his mama cr ies
Cause If there's one thing that she don't need
it's another hungry mouth to feed in the ghet to
People don't you understand, the child needs a helping h and
or he'll grow up to be an angry young man some day
Take a look at you and me, are we too blind to see
do you simply turn our heads and l ook the other way
well the world t urns
And a hungry little boy with a runny nose plays in the street
as the cold wind blows in the gh etto and his hunger bur ns
So he starts to roam the streets at night and he l earns how to steal
and he learns how to fight in the ghet to
Then one night in desperation the young man breaks awa y
he buys a gun steals a car, tries to run but he don't get far
and his mama c ries
As a crowd gathers round an angry young man face down on the street
with a gun in his hand in the ghet to
as her young man d ies
On a cold and grey Chicago mornin'a nother little baby child is born
in the ghe tto, and his mama cr ies, in the ghett o