In The Ghetto Lyrics - Natalie Merchant

As the snow flies 

On a cold and gray Chicago mornin' 

Another little baby child is born 

In the ghetto 

And his mama cries 

'Cause if there's one thing that she don't need 

It's another hungry mouth to feed 

In the ghetto 

Oh, well People, don't you understand 

The child needs a helping hand 

O-or he'll grow to be an angry young man some day 

Oh, people look at you and me, 

Are we too blind to see, 

Do we simply turn our heads 

And look the other way 

As the world turns 

And a hungry little boy with a runny nose 

Plays in the street as the cold wind blows 

In the ghetto (in the ghetto) 

And his hunger burns 

So he starts to roam the streets at night 

Where he learns how to steal 

And he learns how to fight 

In the ghetto 

Oh, People, don't you understand 

This child needs a helping hand 

O-or he'll grow to be an angry young man some day 

People look at you and me, 

Are we too blind to see, 

Do we simply turn our heads 

And look the other way 

As the world turns 

Then one night in desperation 

A young man breaks away 

He buys a gun, steals a car, 

Tries to run, but he don't get far 

And his mama cries 

As a crowd gathers 'round an angry young man 

Face down on the street with a gun in his hand 

In the ghetto (In the ghetto) 

As her young man dies, 

On a cold and gray Chicago mornin', 

Another little baby child is born 

In the ghetto x 2 (In the ghetto x 2)