[Verse 1: Reba McEntire with Darius Rucker]
As the snow flies
On a cold and gray Chicago morning
A poor little baby child is born
In the ghetto (In the ghetto)
And his mama cries
'Cause if there's one thing that she don't need
It's another little hungry mouth to feed
In the ghetto (In the ghetto)

[Verse 2: Reba McEntire with Darius Rucker]
People, don't you understand
A child needs a helping hand
Or he'll grow to be an angry young man someday
Take a look at you and me
Are we too blind to see?
Do we simply turn our heads
And look the other way?

[Verse 3: Reba McEntire & Darius Rucker]
As the world turns
And a hungry little boy with a runny nose
Plays in the street as the cold wind blows
In the ghetto (In the ghеtto)

[Verse 4: Reba McEntire with Darius Rucker]
And his hunger burns
So he starts to roam the streets at night
And hе learns how to steal
And he learns how to fight
In the ghetto (In the ghetto)
[Verse 5: Reba McEntire, Darius Rucker & Both]
Then one night in desperation
A young man breaks away
He buys a gun, He steals a car
Tries to run, but he don't get far
And his mama cries

[Bridge: Reba McEntire & Darius Rucker]
As a crowd gathers 'round an angry young man
Face down on the street with a gun in his hand
In the ghetto (In the ghetto)

[Verse 6: Reba McEntire with Darius Rucker]
And as her young man dies (In the ghetto)
On a cold and gray Chicago morning
Another little baby child is born
In the ghetto (In the ghetto)

[Outro: Reba McEntire]
And her mama cries (In the ghetto)
In the ghetto (In the ghetto)