As the snow falls
On a cold and grey Chicago morning
A poor little baby child
is born in the ghetto
How does mama cry?
Cause if there's one thing
that she don't need,
it's another horny mouse
to feed in the ghetto
People don't you understand,
a child needs a healthy man
He's gonna be an angry
young man someday
Take a look at you and me,
I wish you'd fly to see me
I do it simply, turn my head,
and look the other way
As the world turns
And the poor little boy
with the rounded nose
Plays in the street
as a cold brain claws in the ghetto
Now his heart will burn
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 flies a gun, steals a car,
tries to run, but he don't get far
And his mama cries
As the crowd gathers round,
an angry young man fades
down in the street
With a gun in his hand in the ghetto
And how could a young man die
On a cold and grey Chicago morning
Another poor baby child is born
in the ghetto
People don't you understand
A child needs a helping hand
He's gonna be an angry
young man someday
I take a look at you and me,
I want you by my side to see me
I do it simply, turn my head and
look the other way
As a mama cries
As a young man dies
In the ghetto