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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
- Album:
- Soul Legends: Curtis Mayfield & The Impressions
- The Ultimate Curtis Mayfield
- New World Order
- Something to Believe In
- Heartbeat
- Do It All Night
- Short Eyes
- Give, Get, Take and Have
- Got to Find a Way
- Sweet Exorcist
- Back to the World
- Curtis in Chicago
- Super Fly
- Curtis/Live!
- Roots
- Curtis
- Miscellaneous
- Non-Album Releases
- Curtis Live! (US Release)
- Curtis! (Deluxe Edition)