Ghetto Child (demo for Little Child Runnin' Wild) Songtext
von 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