[00:04.74]As the snow flies
[00:26.91]On a cold and gray Chicago mornin'
[00:56.25]A poor little baby child is born
[01:01.53]In the ghetto
[01:06.54]And his mama cries
[01:12.03]'Cause if there's one thing that she don't need
[01:14.60]It's another hungry mouth to feed
[01:17.21]In the ghetto
[01:22.07]People don't you understand
[01:24.51]The child needs a helping hand
[01:27.81]Or he'll grow to be an angry young man some day
[01:32.31]Take a look at you and me
[01:34.74]Are we too blind to see
[01:38.09]Do we simply turn our heads
[01:41.54]And look the other way
[01:45.03]Well the world turns
[01:51.11]And a hungry little boy with a runny nose
[01:53.96]Plays in the street as the cold wind blows
[01:56.34]In the ghetto
[01:59.21]And his hunger burns
[02:06.95]So he starts to roam the streets at night
[02:09.62]And he learns how to steal
[02:10.93]And he learns how to fight
[02:14.87]In the ghetto
[02:17.96]Then one night in desperation
[02:20.40]The young man breaks away
[02:23.00]He buys a gun steals a car
[02:25.68]Tries to run but he don't get far
[02:29.31]And his mama cries
[02:35.28]As a crowd gathers 'round an angry young man
[02:37.91]Face down on the street with a gun in his hand
[02:40.56]In the ghetto
[02:45.65]And as her young man dies
[02:49.25]On a cold and gray Chicago mornin'
[02:54.06]Another little baby child is born
[02:58.19]In the ghetto
[03:03.84]And his mama cries