In The Ghetto by Elvis Presley
As the snow flies on a cold and gray Chicago mornin'
A poor little (1)________ child is born in the ghetto
And his mama cries 'cause if there's one thing that she don't need
It's another hungry (2)__________ to feed in the ghetto
People, don't you understand the child needs a helping hand?
Or he'll grow to be an angry young man some day
Take a look at you and me, are we too blind to see?
Do we simply (3)________ our heads and look the other way?
Well the world turns and a (4)____________ little boy with a (5)__________ nose
Plays in the (6)____________ as the cold wind blows in the ghetto
And his hunger burns, so he starts to roam the streets at night
And he learns how to (7)__________ and he learns how to fight in the ghetto
Then one night in (8)______________________ a young man breaks away
He (9)________ a gun, (10)____________ a car, tries to run, but he don't get far
And his mama cries
As a crowd gathers 'round an angry young man
Face down on the street with a gun in his hand in the ghetto
As her young man dies on a cold and gray Chicago mornin'
Another little baby child is born in the ghetto
And his mama cries
A poor little (1)________ child is born in the ghetto
And his mama cries 'cause if there's one thing that she don't need
It's another hungry (2)__________ to feed in the ghetto
People, don't you understand the child needs a helping hand?
Or he'll grow to be an angry young man some day
Take a look at you and me, are we too blind to see?
Do we simply (3)________ our heads and look the other way?
Well the world turns and a (4)____________ little boy with a (5)__________ nose
Plays in the (6)____________ as the cold wind blows in the ghetto
And his hunger burns, so he starts to roam the streets at night
And he learns how to (7)__________ and he learns how to fight in the ghetto
Then one night in (8)______________________ a young man breaks away
He (9)________ a gun, (10)____________ a car, tries to run, but he don't get far
And his mama cries
As a crowd gathers 'round an angry young man
Face down on the street with a gun in his hand in the ghetto
As her young man dies on a cold and gray Chicago mornin'
Another little baby child is born in the ghetto
And his mama cries
Answers:
(1) baby(2) mouth(3) turn(4) hungry(5) runny(6) street(7) steal(8) desperation(9) buys(10) steals