Ghetto Child - Curtis Mayfield

Little child, runnin' wild

Watch a while

You see he never smiles

Broken home, father gone

Mama tired, so he’s all alone

Kind of sad, kind of mad

Ghetto child, thinkin' he’s been had

But I can just hear him

In the back of his mind sayin'

Didn’t have to be here

You didn’t have to love for me While I was just a nothin' child

Why couldn’t y’all just let me be Let me be, let me be, let me be?

Little child, runnin' wild

Watch a while

You see he never smiles

Broken home, daddy gone

Mama tired and he’s all alone

Kind of sad, oh baby, kind of mad

Ghetto child, thinkin' he’s been had

And I can just hear him sayin'

I didn’t have to be here

You didn’t have to love for me While I was just a nothin' child

Why couldn’t they just let me be Let me be, let me be, let me be?

Ain’t got no money

I got to play in the alleys, ain’t got no pride

Just took everything out of me, I got it sad

Got to make it alone

Got to get away from home

There’s ain’t no fun, my life I just run

Run on, run on, run on ghetto child

Run on ghetto child

Run on ghetto child

Run on ghetto child

You’re runnin' wild

Watch a while

You see he never smiles

Father gone, alright