In the Ghetto, Elvis Presley

Hoy presentamos, rápidamente, In the Ghetto. Canción compuesta por Mac Davis, aunque popularizada por la interpretación de Elvis Presley en 1969. Durante esta época, Elvis gozaba de un éxito ya consolidado. Había vuelto a los escenarios tras una temporada de decepciones en su carrera como actor en Hollywood. Muchos críticos coinciden en que, justo en estos pocos años, Presley volcó su mayor talento: tocó temas movidos como en sus inicios, continuó cantando baladas y acercándose a la música country. Su álbum From Elvis in Memphis es muestra de esta época, y en las valiosas sesiones de grabación del American Sound Studio se encuentra el tema de hoy, una historia que nos envuelve en la vida de un adolescente criado en el ghetto de Chicago y que acabaría muriendo de un disparo. Le dedico esta canción a los que lloran viendo la muerte del padre de Simba.

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 little hungry mouth to feed
In the ghetto
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
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
in the ghetto
Then one night in desperation
the 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',
another little baby child is born
In the ghetto
And his mama cries