In the Ghetto

"In the Ghetto" is a song made famous by Elvis Presley. It was featured in the Season Two episode, "Chickenpox". The song was used again "A Ladder to Heaven" during a flashback while Kenny McCormick's spirit was inside Eric Cartman.

Background

In an attempt to expose the boys to the chickenpox virus so they will become immune to it later in life, the parents of Stan Marsh, Kyle Broflovski, and Eric Cartman persuade them to stay the night at Kenny McCormick's house while he is ill. On the walk over, Cartman sings this song, mocking Kenny's status for living in the poor side of town.

Lyrics

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',
Another little baby child is born
In the ghetto
And his mama cries

"A Ladder to Heaven"

In the ghetto
He's the boy wearing orange whose losing his pride
'Cause Kenny and his whole family resides
In the ghetto

International Lyrics

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French lyrics	Translation
Dans le ghetto Dans la nuit glaciale de ce faubourg Encore un bébé qui voit le jour Par le ghetto, par le ghetto	In the ghetto In the freezing night of this suburb Another baby is born In the ghetto, in the ghetto

Italian (1st) lyrics	Translation
Nel Ghetto In una fredda grigia mattina di Chicago Mettere un altro bimbetto Nel Ghetto, nel Ghetto	In the ghetto On a cold gray Chicago morning Putting another kid In the ghetto, in the ghetto

Cantonese lyrics	Translation
呆到發燒 就快已爆了呀 你搞到我個籮柚從此被燒 呆到發燒、再呆到發燒	Stay til' I get fever Gonna flare up soon You're screwing me til' my ass burned from now on Stay til' I get fever, a fever...

Mandarin Chinese lyrics	Translation
我真命苦 我呢吃不飽，我呢睡不好 又沒任天堂，又沒第四台 我真命苦，我真命苦 我呢哭不出來 堂堂男子漢還要困睡袋 這又有跳蚤又沒水洗澡 我真命苦，我真命苦	I'm miserable I can't eat well, I can't sleep well No Nintendo, no Channel 4 I'm miserable, I'm miserable I can't cry out loud A man like me still gotta sleep in sleeping bags There's fleas and no water for a shower I'm miserable, I'm miserable