the spinners
ghetto child
When I was seventeen, I ran away from home And from everything, I had ever known I was sick and tired living in a town Filled with narrow minds and hate  They used to laugh at me and children called me names I would run and hide feeling so ashamed Just for being born, I was just a boy Punished for a crime that was not mine  Life ain't so easy When you're a ghetto child Oh babe, life ain't so easy When you're a ghetto child  No one tried to understand Papa did the best a man could do  A child's reality is paid for by his folks Fancy fairy tales are bought and sold by those Who can well afford time to make believe Childhood dreams, can still come true  So I've been wondering, traveling all around Guess it ain't my style to live in just one town Still I'll never know why a child is blamed Ridiculed and shamed, we're all the same  Life ain't so easy When you're a ghetto child I'm witness that life ain't so easy When you're a ghetto child, yeah  Life ain't so easy When you're a ghetto child Oh baby, life ain't so easy When you're a ghetto child  Life ain't so easy When you're a ghetto child (Life can be rough) life ain't so easy (With going gets tough) when you're a ghetto child  (Yeah, but remember) life ain't so easy When you're a (this gotta change) ghetto child (they gotta change gotta change, yeah, yeah!) Life ain't so easy When you're a ghetto child (I'm a ghetto oh)  Life ain't so easy