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The Ghetto - The Staple Singers



     
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If you ever lived in a ghetto,
It may be at the close of your day,
On your front porch you hear the sound of a jukebox,
From a neighborhood café,At noon you may hear neighbors cussing,
When a kid breaks a window pane, yeah,
At night, at night, at night, ooh, you may be wakened,
By the sound of an outbound train.Outsiders they refuse to help us, yes they do,
And they down us for living the way we do, mmh,
But when you're born the child, the child of a poor man, ooh,
They say the ghetto is the only place for you.
But if there's such thing as hereafter,
And I'm satisfied, satisfied ooh, that there will be, ooh,
When they build, when they build, when they build New Jerusalem,
There won't be no more ghetto, ghetto for me, no there won't (3x).
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The Staple Singers were an American gospel, soul, and R&B singing group from Chicago who signed their first professional contract in 1952. Roebuck "Pops" Staples (1914–2000), the patriarch of the family, formed the group with his children Cleotha (1934–2013), Pervis (b. 1935), Yvonne (b. 1936), and Mavis (b. 1939). They are best-remembered for their 1970s hits "Respect Yourself", "I'll Take You There", "If You're Ready (Come Go With Me)", and "Let's Do It Again". In 1999 the group was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

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