Little childRunnin' wildWatch a whileYou see he never smilesBroken homeFather goneMama tiredSo he's all aloneKind of sadKind of madGhetto childThinkin' he's been hadIn the back of his mind he's sayin'Didn't have to be hereYou didn't have to love for meWhile I was just a nothin' childWhy couldn't they just let me beLet me be, let me be, let me beOne room shackOn the alley-backControl, I'm toldFrom across the trackWhere is the mayorWho'll make all things fairHe lives outsideOur polluted airAnd I didn't have to be hereYou didn't have to love for meWhile I was just a nothin' childWhy couldn't they just let me beLet me be, let me be, let me beI got a jonesRunnin' through ma' bonesI'm sorry sonAll your money's gonePainful ripIn my upper hipI guess it's timeTo take another tripDon't care what nobody sayI got to take the pain awayIt's getting worser day by dayAnd all my life has been this wayCan't reason with the pushermanFinance is all that he understands'You junkie, mama cries, you know'Would rip her, but I love her soLove her so, now...