Ghetto Fighter chords by Scott Fagan

SimplifiedD · A · G · C

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Verse 1
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Born in New York City
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on a burning summer day in 1945
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Ghetto fighter
Born in New York City and he
Don't expect to be the
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oldest man alive
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Ghetto fighter
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If you want to live a long time
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Maybe this time is the wrong
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time to go
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Tempered by the hawk that blows,
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crawls from Watts,
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Doho to Harlem River Drive
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Ghetto fighter,
broken bits of glass and bricks
Feeding ground for dreams that take
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and  then explode
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Ghetto fighter
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Hey brother when you got a ghetto
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Don't you know you get
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Ghetto fighter
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If you want to live a long time
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Maybe this time is the wrong time
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There he goes
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And he's born here in the
land of the free
Don't you think he knows
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that's not reality?
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Yellow fighter
You're learning quickly in the streets
If you're not high there's
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really nothing else to be
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Oh, brother,
when you've got a ghetto,
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don't you know you get a
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ghetto fighter?
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Brother, when you've got a ghetto,
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don't you know you
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get a fighter?
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Brother, when you got a ghetto,
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don't you know you get a ghetto fighter?