[ti:Ghetto Child (LP Version)] [ar:The Spinners] [al:Essentials] [by:] [offset:0] [00:17.73]When I was 17 I ran away from home [00:22.60]And from everything I had ever known [00:26.85]I was sick and tired living in a town [00:31.29]Filled with narrow minds and hate [00:37.16]They used to laugh at me and children called me names [00:42.28]I would run and hide feeling so ashamed [00:46.03]Just for being born I was just a boy [00:50.72]Punished for a crime that was not mine [00:57.35]Life ain't so easy [00:59.78]When you're a ghetto child [01:04.78]Life ain't so easy [01:07.85]When you're a ghetto child [01:14.28]No one tried to understand [01:18.53]Papa did the best a man could do [01:30.59]A child's reality is paid for by his folks [01:35.16]Fancy fairy tales are bought and sold by those [01:39.87]Who can well afford time to make believe [01:43.87]Childhood dreams can still come true [01:49.84]So I've been wandering traveling all around [01:54.09]Guess it ain't my style to live in just one town [01:58.66]Still I'll never know why a child is blamed [02:03.02]Ridiculed and shamed we're all the same [02:09.74]Life ain't so easy [02:12.06]When you're a ghetto child [02:17.49]Life ain't so easy [02:20.24]When you're a ghetto child yeah [02:43.50]Ooh yeah life ain't so easy [02:54.80]When you're a ghetto child [03:00.05]Oh baby life ain't so easy [03:02.81]When you're a ghetto child [03:08.68]Life ain't so easy [03:10.99]When you're a ghetto child [03:16.24]Life ain't so easy [03:19.06]When you're a ghetto child [03:24.56]Life ain't so easy [03:26.93]When you're a ghetto child [03:32.87]Life ain't so easy [03:35.06]When you're a ghetto child [03:40.61]Life ain't so easy