ghetto child

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