Ghetto Child Lyrics - Curtis - Curtis Mayfield

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 

I got to play in the alleys, ain't got no pride 

Just took everything out of me, I got it sad 

Got to make it alone 

Got to get away from home 

There's ain't no fun, my life I just run 

Run on, run on, run on ghetto child 

Run on ghetto child 

Run on ghetto child 

Run on ghetto child 

You're runnin' wild 

Watch a while 

You see he never smiles 

Father gone, alright