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Elvis
Presley In the Ghetto - Lisa Marie and Elvis Presley Duet
- 1969 Message Hymn
Written by Mac Davis originally titled "The Vicious
Circle". The song was recorded by Elvis Presley. Released
in 1969 as a 45 rpm single with "Any Day Now" ons the flip
side. The song was Presley's first Top 10 hit in the US in
4 years
A narrative song of a young boy who is born in the ghetto,
grows up, steals and fights, and eventually is shot and
killed as another child is born, with the strong
implication that his fate will be the same
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In The Ghetto
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 little hungry mouth to
feed
In the ghetto
People, don't you understand
the child needs a helping hand
or he'll gonna 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
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 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
And his mama cries
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