In The Ghetto by viking cowboy

Elvis Presley cover by viking cowboy Although Elvis Presley knew this song would be a hit, he was reluctant to record a song with a socially conscious message. The song describes a child who struggles in his surroundings and turns to crime, which ultimately leads to his death. When Mac Davis, the writer of this track, entered the Songwriters Hall Of Fame in 2006, he explained at the ceremony, “It’s a simple matter of growing up with a little boy who’s father worked with my father. He lived in a part of town that was a dirt-street ghetto.“ The original title of the song was “In The Ghetto (The Vicious Circle)“, but RCA Records shortened it before handing it out to Elvis Presley. The end of the song describes the same picture as in the first verse, about a child born in the ghetto, whose father has just died, being born in the ghetto himself. “In The Ghetto“ As the snow flies On a cold and gray Chicago mornin’ A poor little baby child is born