As the snow flies On a cold and gray Chicago morn A poor little baby child is born In the ghetto (in the ghetto) And his mama cries 'Cause if there's one thing That she don't need It's another little Hungry mouth to feed In the ghetto (in the ghetto) People, don't you understand The child needs a helping hand Or he'll grow to be an Angry young man some day Take a look at you and me Are we too blind to see Or do we simply turn our heads And look the other way Well, the world turns And a hungry little boy With a runny nose Plays in the street As the cold wind blows In the ghetto (in the ghetto) And his hunger burns So he starts to Roam the street at night He learns how to steal And he learns how to fight In the ghetto (in the ghetto) And then one night in desperation A young man breaks away He buys a gun, steals a car Tries to run, but he don't get far And his mama cries As a crowd gathers round An angry young man Face down in the street With a gun in his hand In the ghetto (in the ghetto) And as her young man dies On a cold and grey Chicago morn Another little baby child is born In the ghetto (in the ghetto) And his mama cries (in the ghetto)

Daddy don't go out tonight Just stay home 'til morning light Me and mama don't feel right Please hold us tight Daddy, why did you go to work? When you know just how much we love you so Please come back tomorrow They're giving out guns in the ghetto They're saying they'll set you free One day I'll have children of my own But I'm afraid they won't have me Mama, is daddy home? Why are you crying all alone? Grandma's tears have turned to stone And I'm all alone Mama, isn't daddy back? I'm getting scared and that's a fact Why are we all dressed like that All in black? They're giving out guns in the ghetto They're saying they'll set you free One day I'll have children of my own But I'm afraid they won't have me Daddy, don't go out tonight Please stay home 'til morning light Me and mama don't feel right Please hold us tight Daddy, why did you go to work? When you know just how much we love you so Please come back tomorrow They're giving out guns in the ghetto They're saying they'll set you free One day I'll have children of my own But I'm afraid they won't have me Mama, is daddy home? Why are you crying all alone? Grandma's tears have turned to stone And I'm chilled to the bone Mama, isn't daddy back? I'm getting scared and that's a fact Why are we all dressed like that All, all in black? They're giving out guns in the ghetto They're saying they'll set you free One day I'll have children of my own But I'm afraid they won't have me They're giving out guns in the ghetto They're saying they'll set you free One day I'll have children of my own But I'm afraid they won't have me They're giving out guns in the ghetto They're saying they'll set you free One day I'll have children of my own But I'm afraid they won't have me They're giving out guns in the ghetto They're saying they'll set you free

Wir haben gesagt Alles vergeht einmal Wir haben gesagt Lass uns das locker seh'n Das zwischen uns Läuft jetzt als Freundschaft weiter Nur dass wir halt Eigene Wege geh'n Doch ich frag' mich, was wir zwei Darunter versteh'n So war manches im Detail Wohl nicht vorgeseh'n Denn Freunde bleiben Nicht über Nacht Und Freunde liegen nicht so da Am Morgen danach Freunde bleiben Das war ausgemacht Aber so wie das jetzt läuft War das eigentlich nicht so ganz gedacht Wir haben geschwor'n Das war jetzt nur ein Unfall Sowas kommt vor Und wird nie mehr passier'n Doch mit der Zeit Ist das schon mehr als Zufall Und lässt sich nicht Einfach so ignorier'n Ständig fall'n wir auf uns rein Und über uns her Wie kann das immer wieder sein? Ist da noch mehr? Denn Freunde bleiben Nicht über Nacht Und Freunde liegen nicht so da Am Morgen danach Freunde bleiben Das war ausgemacht Aber so wie das jetzt läuft War das eigentlich nicht so ganz gedacht Denn Freunde bleiben Nicht über Nacht Und Freunde liegen nicht so da Am Morgen danach Freunde bleiben Das war ausgemacht Aber so wie das jetzt läuft War das eigentlich nicht so ganz gedacht