Ghetto - Graham Central Station

Said I had to raise, raise, raise

My kids in the ghetto

'Cause there was no place else to go

Listening to the devil’s lies

Everywhere you go you’re in his eyes

I said lord, lord, lord, can’t stand it no more

Somebody said won’t you send them home

Send them home where they belong

But I’m still trying to iind out how we got here

'Cause I know it wasn’t on our own

All we did was graze the lazy days

Back off in the ghetto

Singing «Lord we shall overcome»

But now we sing a different tune

Cause while you’re sending people to the moon

Here on earth the end came but not too soon

Somebody said won’t you send them home

Send them home where they belong

But I’m still trying to find out how we got here

'Cause I know it wasn’t on our own

Said I had to raise, raise, raise

My kids in the ghetto

'Cause there was no place else to go

Listening to the devil’s lies

Everywhere you go you’re in his eyes

I said, lord, lord, lord, can’t stand it no more

Somebody said won’t you send them home

Send them home where they belong

But I’m still trying to find out how we got here

Cause I know it wasn’t on our own Larry Graham