Somebody, please won't you give a dime?
Somebody, somebody somewhere
My mother, she's sick in the bed almost dying

Now this is the part that move me so much right here
I'm just the ghetto child
Somebody, please, please help the ghetto child
She said, "I know, I know I oughta be in school
I'm just the ghetto child
But I went to school one mornin' and the teacher, she told
In this so-called, in this so-called free land
I'm just the ghetto child
When you come back, child, have on some shoes"

And I ain't seen, I ain't seen my daddy in a long time
In this so-called, in this so-called free land