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LTC Stephen F.
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Thank you, my friend SGT (Join to see) for sharing the music video of Mac Davis performing "In The Ghetto" in 1972
Happy 77th birthday Mac Davis

A Short Documentary on Mac Davis
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3SXLgBJ3M-k


"In The Ghetto" written by Mac Davis
Lyrics
"As the snow flies
On a cold and gray Chicago mornin'
A poor little baby child is born
In the ghetto

And his mama cries
'Cause if there's one thing that she don't need
It's another hungry mouth to feed
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?
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

And his hunger burns
So he starts to roam the streets at night
And he learns how to steal, and he learns how to fight
In the ghetto

Then one night in desperation
The 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 on the street with a gun in his hand
In the ghetto

And as her young man dies,
On a cold and gray Chicago mornin',
Another little baby child is born
In the ghetto

And his mama cries"

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Lt Col Charlie Brown
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Almost forgot about him. Thanks
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PVT Mark Zehner
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Great song!
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