Little Ghetto Boy - Donny Hathaway

作词：Donny Hathaway/Earl Derouen/Edward Howard

Little ghetto boy playing in

the ghetto street

What cha' gonna do when you grow up

And have to face responsiblity

Will you spend your days

and nights in the pool room

Will you sell caps of madness

to the neighborhood

Little ghetto boy

You already know how rough life can be

'Cause you've seen so much

pain and misery

Little ghetto boy

Your daddy was blown away

He robbed that grocery store

Don't you know that

was a sad sad old day

All your young life

You've seen such misery and pain

The world is a cruel place to live

And it ain't gonna change

You're so young

You've got so far to go on

But I don't think you'll reach your goal

Young man hanging

by the pool room door

Little ghetto boy

When when when you

become a man

You can make things change

if you just take a stand

You gotta believe in

yourself in all you do

You've gotta fight to make it better

Then you will see how others

will start believing too

Then my son things

will start to get better

Everything has got to get better

Everything has got to get better

Everything has got to get better

Everything has got to get better

I'm clear I believe that

everything has got to get better

Everything has got to get better

Everything has got to get better

Everything has got to get better

Everything has got to get better