[Verse] 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 little hungry mouth to feed in the Ghetto People don't you understand the 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 As the world turns 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 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 And he buys a gun and he steals a car and he tries to run But 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 As the young man dies
[Outro] On a cold and gray Chicago morn Another little baby child is born in the Ghetto And his mama cries