[00:06.311]As the snow flies
[00:11.570]On a cold and gray Chicago morning
[00:14.818]A poor little baby child is born
[00:17.059]In the ghetto
[00:22.685]And his mama cries
[00:28.178]Cause if there's one thing that she don't need
[00:31.178]It's another hungry mouth to feed
[00:33.671]In the ghetto
[00:39.174]People, don't you understand
[00:41.427]The child needs a helping hand
[00:44.680]Or he'll grow to be an angry young man some day
[00:49.690]Take a look at you and me
[00:52.179]Are we too blind to see?
[00:55.438]Do we simply turn our heads and look the other way?
[01:02.883]Well, the world turns
[01:08.388]And a hungry little boy with a runny nose
[01:11.385]Plays in the street as the cold wind blows
[01:14.137]In the ghetto
[01:19.392]And his hunger burns
[01:24.630]So he starts to roam the streets at night
[01:27.677]And he learns how to steal, and he learns how to fight
[01:29.939]In the ghetto
[01:35.427]Then one night in desperation
[01:38.182]The young man breaks away
[01:40.929]He buys a gun
[01:42.195]Steals a car
[01:43.684]Tries to run
[01:45.179]But he don't get far
[01:47.188]And his mama cries
[01:53.172]As a crowd gathers around an angry young man
[01:55.698]Face down on the street with a gun in his hand
[01:58.187]In the ghetto
[02:03.931]And as her young man dies
[02:09.443]On a cold and gray Chicago morning
[02:12.180]Another little baby child is born
[02:17.441]In the ghetto
[02:21.937]And his mama cries