Elvis Presley Into The Ghetto Lyrics

Into The Ghetto Lyrics

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