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As the snow flies |
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On a cold and gray Chicago mornin' |
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A poor little baby child is born |
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In the ghetto |
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And his mama cries |
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'Cause if there's one thing that she don't need |
| [00:30.30] |
It's another hungry mouth to feed |
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In the ghetto |
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People, don't you understand |
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The child needs a helping hand |
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Or he'll grow to be an angry young man some day |
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Take a look at you and me, |
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Are we too blind to see, |
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Do we simply turn our heads |
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And look the other way |
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Well the world turns |
| [01:11.30] |
And a hungry little boy with a runny nose |
| [01:14.30] |
Plays in the street as the cold wind blows |
| [01:16.67] |
In the ghetto |
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And his hunger burns |
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So he starts to roam the streets at night |
| [01:31.05] |
And he learns how to steal |
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And he learns how to fight |
| [01:33.92] |
In the ghetto |
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Then one night in desperation |
| [01:42.17] |
The young man breaks away |
| [01:44.92] |
He buys a gun, steals a car, |
| [01:47.93] |
Tries to run, but he don't get far |
| [01:51.11] |
And his mama cries |
| [01:58.24] |
As a crowd gathers 'round an angry young man |
| [02:00.73] |
Face down on the street with a gun in his hand |
| [02:03.68] |
In the ghetto |
| [02:07.23] |
And as her young man dies, |
| [02:14.80] |
On a cold and gray Chicago mornin', |
| [02:17.80] |
Another little baby child is born |
| [02:20.42] |
In the ghetto |
| [02:28.05] |
And his mama cries |
| [02:33.04] |
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