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