Ghetto Child

Little girl standin on the corner
Somebody, please wont you lend a hand?
Im just the ghetto child
In this so-called, in this so-called free land
Somebody, somebody somewhere
Somebody, please wont you give a dime?
My mother, shes sick in the bed almost dying
And I aint seen, I aint seen my daddy in a long time
Now this is the part that move me so much right here
She said, 'I know, I know I oughta be in school
But I went to school one mornin and the teacher, she told
When you come back, child, have on some shoes'
Im just the ghetto child
Somebody, please, please help the ghetto child
Im just the ghetto child
In this so-called, in this so-called free land