As the snow flies
On a cold and gray Chicago morn'
A poor little baby child
Is born in the Ghetto
And his mama cries
'cause there's one thing
That she don't need
Is another hungry mouth
To feed in the ghetto
People don't you
Understand child needs a helping hand
He'll grow to be
An angry young man someday
Take a look at you
And me are we too blind to see
Do we simply turn our heads
And look the other way
While the world turns
And a hungry little boy
With a running nose
Plays in the streets as
The cold wind blows in the ghetto
And his hunger burns
So he starts to roam
The streets of 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 steals
A car tries to run
But he don't get far
And his mama cries
As a crowd gathers round
And the angry young man
Paces down the street
With a gun in
His hand in the ghetto
And as her young man dies
On a cold and gray
Chicago morn' another little baby child
Is born in the ghetto
People don't you understand
Child needs a helping hand
He'll grow to be
An angry young man someday
Take a look at you
And me are
We too blind to see
Do we simply turn our heads
And look the other way