… or he’ll grow to be an angry young man some day.
Ob Ghetto, Banlieue, Flüchtlingslager – Elvis Presley hat im Song ‚In the Ghetto‘ den Teufelskreis aus Chancenlosigkeit von Geburt und Gewaltbereitschaft aufgrund von Aussichtslosigkeit traurigschön besungen und vor dem Wegsehen gewarnt:
In the Ghetto
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
a 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.
As her young man dies,
on a cold and gray Chicago mornin‘,
and another little baby child is born
in the ghetto.
And his mama cries.
Elvis Presley – Gitarre und Stimme
Quellen und links
In the Ghetto – music – youtube
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