Little boy, standin' on the corner

Somebody please, somebody please lend a helpin’ hand

He said "I'm just a ghetto child

In this so-called, in this so-called free land"

Somebody please

Won't you, won’t you give me a dime?

My mama, she in the bed almost dyin'

And I ain't see my daddy in a long, long time

He said "I know, I know, I know, I know, I know, I know, y'all know I know, I know

That I ought to, I ought to be in school

I went to school one mornin' and the teacher said "When you come back, son, try to have on some shoes"

Somebody, Lord help me

Oh, somebody, somebody

Somebody help the little ghetto child

I'm here in the world all by myself

Somebody, somebody, somebody, somebody

Somebody please lend me a helpin' hand right now

Oh, I'm lost