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If you ever lived in a ghetto
GD7
And maybe at the close of your day
GCA7
On your front porch you hear the sound of a jukebox
GCG
From the neighborhood cafe
G
Well, in the noon you may hear the neighbors fussing
GD7
When a kid breaks a window-pane
GCA7
In the night, in the night you may be wakened
GCG
By the sound of he outbound train
G
Well, the rich folks they own the big city
GD7
And they down us who living the way we do
GCA7
But when you're born a child of a poor man
GCG
You know the ghetto is the only place for you
G
Well, if there's such a thing as revolution
GD7
And there will be if we rise to the call
GCA7
When we build, we build, we build, we build the new Jerusalem
GCG
There won't be no more ghetto, ghetto at all
GCG
No, there won't be no more ghetto, ghetto at all