Ghetto Child

Little girl, standin' on the corner Somebody, please, won't you lend a hand? I'm just the ghetto child In this so-called, in this so-called free land Somebody, somebody somewhere Somebody, please, won't you give a dime? My mother, she's sick, in the bed almost dying And I ain't seen, I ain't seen my daddy in a long time Now this is the part that move me so much right here She said, I know, I know I oughta be in school But I went to school one mornin' And the teacher, she told me "When you come back child, have on some shoes" I'm just the ghetto child Somebody, please, please help the ghetto child I'm just the ghetto child In this so-called, in this so-called free land