If you ever lived in a ghetto
And maybe at the close of your day
On your front porch you hear the sound of a jukebox
From the neighbourhood cafe
Well in the noon you may hear the neighbours fussing
When a kid breaks a window pane
In the night, in the night you may be wakened
By the outbound train
Well the rich folks they own the big city
And they down us who living the way we do
But when you're born a child of a poor man
You know the ghetto is the only place for you
Well if there's such a thing as revolution
And there will be if we rise to the call
When we build we build we build we build the new Jerusalem
There won't be no more ghetto, ghetto at all
No there won't be no more ghetto, ghetto at all
And maybe at the close of your day
On your front porch you hear the sound of a jukebox
From the neighbourhood cafe
When a kid breaks a window pane
In the night, in the night you may be wakened
By the outbound train
And they down us who living the way we do
But when you're born a child of a poor man
You know the ghetto is the only place for you
And there will be if we rise to the call
When we build we build we build we build the new Jerusalem
There won't be no more ghetto, ghetto at all
No there won't be no more ghetto, ghetto at all
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I think this song is an affirmation to the inner city life and how to rise above it.How the difference between being rich and poor can change if everyone would rise to the call but also realizing that being born the child of a poor man that there is no shame or stigma attached to poverty and if we would evolve enough we could eradicate and build a "new jerusalem" meaning a new way of life,better schools and education,housing for individuals,and that there would be no more ghetto in out society at all. I don't know i tried my best to interpret it