Shemekia Copeland Follow

Little girl standin' on the corner<br />
Somebody, please won't you lend a hand?<br />
I'm just the ghetto child<br />
In this so-called, in this so-called free land<br />
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Somebody, somebody somewhere<br />
Somebody, please won't you give a dime?<br />
My mother, she's sick in the bed almost dying<br />
And I ain't seen, I ain't seen my daddy in a long time<br />
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Now this is the part that move me so much right here<br />
She said, "I know, I know I oughta be in school<br />
But I went to school one mornin' and the teacher, she told<br />
When you come back, child, have on some shoes"<br />
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I'm just the ghetto child<br />
Somebody, please, please help the ghetto child<br />
I'm just the ghetto child<br />
In this so-called, in this so-called free land