Little girl standin' on the corner

Somebody, please won't you lend a hand?

I'm just the ghetto child

In this so-called, in this so-called free land



Somebody, somebody somewhere

Somebody, please won't you give a dime?

My mother, she's sick in the bed almost dying

And I ain't seen, I ain't 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"



I'm just the ghetto child

Somebody, please, please help the ghetto child

I'm just the ghetto child

In this so-called, in this so-called free land