http://uncagedbird.vox.com/library/posts/tags/in+the+ghetto/page/1/ I might as well just go commando en Vox Mon, 25 Feb 2008 22:12:32 -0500 Copyright 2008 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss in the ghetto http://uncagedbird.vox.com/library/post/lyric-of-the-day-22508.html?_c=feed-rss-full nobody@vox.com(uncagedbird) http://uncagedbird.vox.com/library/post/lyric-of-the-day-22508.html?_c=feed-rss-full http://uncagedbird.vox.com/library/post/lyric-of-the-day-22508.html?_c=feed-rss-full Mon, 25 Feb 2008 22:12:32 -0500 <p>Probably my favorite Elvis song (second is <em>Suspicious Minds</em>).&#160; And fitting for a day that I had jury duty.</p><p><em><strong>People, don&#39;t you understand, <br />The child needs a helping hand <br />Or he&#39;ll grow to be an angry young man some day <br />Take a look at you and me, <br />Are we too blind to see?<br />Do we simply turn our heads <br />And look the other way?</p><p>Well, the world turns. <br />And a hungry little boy with a runny nose <br />Plays in the street as the cold wind blows <br />In the ghetto. </p><p>And his hunger burns.<br />&#160;<br />So he starts to roam the streets at night. <br />And he learns how to steal <br />And he learns how to fight <br />In the ghetto.</p><p>Then one night in desperation <br />A young man breaks away. <br />He buys a gun, <br />Steals a car, <br />Tries to run, but he don&#39;t get far <br />And his mama cries.<br />- Elvis Presley, &quot;In the Ghetto&quot;</strong></em> <br /> </p> <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://uncagedbird.vox.com/library/post/lyric-of-the-day-22508.html?_c=feed-rss-full#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2251dc18ef21900f48cdec2370003?_c=feed-rss-full">Send to a friend</a> </p> music lyrics elvis presley lyric of the day in the ghetto