Marlena Shaw Lyrics:br br br "Woman Of The Ghetto"br br (Mmm)br br I was born and raised in a ghettobr I was born and raised in a ghettobr I'm the woman of the ghettobr Listen to me legislatorbr br (Ging, gi-gi-gi-gi-ging)br br How do you raise your kids in the ghettobr How do you raise your kids in the ghettobr Feed one child and starve anotherbr Tell me, tell me legislatorbr br (Ging, gi-gi-gi-gi-ging)br br Now how do you make your bread in the ghettobr How do you make your bread in the ghettobr Baked from the souls of the dead in the ghettobr Tell me, tell me legislatorbr br (Ging, gi-gi-gi-gi-ging)br br Brave, freebr Black, mebr I am the woman of the ghettobr Strong, truebr My eyes ain't bluebr I am the woman of the ghettobr br (Ging, gi-gi-gi-gi-ging)br br How do we get rid of rats in the ghettobr How do we get rid of rats in the ghettobr Do we make one black and one white in the ghettobr Is that your answer legislatorbr br Now how do you legislate brotherbr Listen to mebr How do you legislate brotherbr When you free one man and try to chain up the otherbr Hell me, tell me legislatorbr br How does your heart feel late at nightbr How does your heart feel late at nightbr Does it beat with shamebr Does it beat with frightbr Won't you tell me, tell me legislatorbr br Brave, freebr Black, mebr I am the woman of the ghettobr Strong, truebr My eyes ain't bluebr Listen to me legislatorbr br My children learned just the same as yoursbr As long as nobody tries to close the doorsbr They cry with pain when the knife cuts deepbr They close their eyes when they wanna sleepbr br We must all have identity (Whoo)br That's the only way that we can be freebr Now peace you saybr Is all that you askbr But self-respect is our separate taskbr br You sitting up therebr In your ivory towerbr 60 stories tallbr Now you may have seen one ghettobr But have you lived there at allbr br Places like Watts (tell me)br Detroit (tell me)br Filmore (tell me)br Chicago (tell me)br Harlem (tell me)br Washington (tell me)br br Sing our voices (tell me)br Sing our voices (tell me)br Sing our voices of the ghettobr Sing our voices of the ghettobr Sing our voices, sing our voicesbr 'Cause I am the woman of the ghettobr br See the women crybr See the children diebr br (Ging, gi-gi-gi-gi-ging)br br (Whoo)br br