Woman Of The Ghetto

I want you to get together

Put your hands together one time

And help me pray for one sinner from the Ghetto

Oh Lord we call him Harold Jones

and he plays drums

Would you do it for me one time

Yeah they appreciate you Harold Jones

And playin' bass Lord

You know that he's a sinner

I saw his stash, oh Lord, Lord, Lord would you please

Put a blessin' on brother Ed Boyer

We appreciate ya too

(Hit that note again let me see if it's still right)

And oh Lord from the Ghetto

From a one hundred thousand dollar

house damned

Ghetto!

Lord you don't need to bless him no more

Please get together for Mr. George Gaftcy

I was born, raised in a Ghetto

I was born and raised in a Ghetto

I'm a woman of the Ghetto

Won't ya listen, won't ya listen, won't ya listen to me

Babe, just later

How do ya raise your kids in a Ghetto

How do ya raise your kids in a Ghetto

Do you feed one child and starve another

Won't you tell me legislator

I'm short, true

I know that my eyes ain't blue

But you see I'm a woman from the Ghetto

I'm brown, green, black that is me

Yeah I'm a woman of the Ghetto

How does your heart feel late at night

How does your heart feel late at night

Does it beat with shame

And does it beat with pride

And won't ya tell me, tell me leg is lator

Puts me in the mind of

Commin' cross the water

In a boar

Chained and tied, together

Except no, no they're really not men and women

Just chain 'em up, tie 'em up

Chain 'em up, tie 'em up

Chain 'em up, tie 'em up

Work! Work! Work!

That's where the movement came from

Said Lord, Lord

My children learn just the same as yours

As long as nobody tries to close the door

They cry with pain

When the night cuts in

They even close their eyes

When they wanna sleep

Got peace you say in all that you ask

But self respect is our temporary task

Your baby's standing up there in your Ivory Tower

16 stories stories tall

I know that you've checked out at least one Ghetto, but

I wonder have you lived there at all

Think you'll find no answer

Harlem tells me

Chicago tells me

Washington got some too

I have have been upon the mountain top