In the Ghetto (World Turns Remix) [feat. Nardo Wick]

As the snow flies

On a cold and gray Chicago mornin'

A poor little baby child is born

In the ghetto (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 (In the ghetto)

Now people, don't you understand

A child needs a helping hand

Or he'll grow to be an angry young man some day

Now 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

You never stood in that man's shoes

Or saw things through his eyes

Or stood and watched him with helpless hands

While the heart inside you dies

So help your brother along the way

No matter where he starts

For the same God that made you

Made him too

These men with broken hearts

And his mama cries

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

The young man breaks away

He buys a gun, he steals a car

Tries to run, but he don't get far

And his mama cries

Seen my mama cry, hard to believe

I bet he selling drugs, couldn't believe it

Saw my first ten thousand, thought I was dreamin'

Said they was solid, it got hard, they was leavin'

You won't believe what I done did, you won't believe what I done seen

Police get behind, I run, they chase me, took one for the team

I was born in the ghetto, raised in the ghetto

I learned from the ghetto, all I know is the ghetto

On a cold and gray Chicago mornin'

Another little baby child is born

In the ghetto

Born in the ghetto

Yes, I was born in the ghetto

And his mama cries

(Ah)