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As the snow flies
On a cold and gray Chicago mornin'
A poor 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
People, don't you understand
The child needs a helping hand
Or he'll grow to be an angry young man some day
Take a look at you and me,
Are we too blind to see,
Do we simply turn our heads
And look the other way
Well the world turns
And a hungry little boy with a runny nose
Plays in the street as the cold wind blows
In the ghetto
And his hunger burns
So he starts to roam the streets at night
And he learns how to steal
And he learns how to fight
In the ghetto
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
As her young man dies,
On a cold and gray Chicago mornin',
Another little baby child is born
In the ghetto
And his mama cries
On a cold and gray Chicago mornin'
A poor 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
People, don't you understand
The child needs a helping hand
Or he'll grow to be an angry young man some day
Take a look at you and me,
Are we too blind to see,
Do we simply turn our heads
And look the other way
Well the world turns
And a hungry little boy with a runny nose
Plays in the street as the cold wind blows
In the ghetto
And his hunger burns
So he starts to roam the streets at night
And he learns how to steal
And he learns how to fight
In the ghetto
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
As her young man dies,
On a cold and gray Chicago mornin',
Another little baby child is born
In the ghetto
And his mama cries
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The original sub-title was `The Vicious Circle'
the poverty crisis around the world is a cycle that is very hard o get out of
which is represented in the song by having the begining and end the same like a cycle
sex is a basic need , and they dont use condoms because they cant afford them
they have kids because of that and then become more poor because they can afford a child
that is part of the poverty cycle
because if if was as easy as not having sex well then people would do it
surely one of his greatest. lolxxxxxxxxx
On a cold and gray Chicago mornin'
A poor 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
Child born in the ghetto which mom will have a hard time tryin' to take care of.
People, don't you understand
the child needs a helping hand
or he'll grow to be an angry young man some day
Take a look at you and me,
are we too blind to see,
do we simply turn our heads
and look the other way
Help the kid or he'll grow up to be an enemy. Do you just ignore him?
Well the world turns
and a hungry little boy with a runny nose
plays in the street as the cold wind blows
In the ghetto
Most of you turn and he's hungry and sick.
and his hunger burns
so he starts to roam the streets at night
and he learns how to steal
and he learns how to fight
In the ghetto
the stage when he grows to be an enemy.
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
The climax; he dies trying to get the heck out of the ghetto.
As a crowd gathers 'round an angry young man
face down in the street with a gun in his hand
In the ghetto
Crowd watches him dead
As her young man dies,
on a cold and grey Chicago mornin',
another little baby child is born
In the ghetto
And his mama cries
As he dies another mom has a baby and the process starts all over again
Just my attempted interpertation. To shorten it up. I could be wrong I could be right.
But if you can't take care of a kid, either stop screwing or wear a damn condom. I mean, come on. We're supposed to have sympathy for irresponsiblity?
the poverty crisis around the world is a cycle that is very hard o get out of
which is represented in the song by having the begining and end the same like a cycle
sex is a basic need , and they dont use condoms because they cant afford them
they have kids because of that and then become more poor because they can afford a child
that is part of the poverty cycle
because if if was as easy as not having sex well then people would do it