• jimmydoreisalefty@lemmy.worldOP
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    12 days ago

    This song is about the cycle of poverty and violence, using bookends to imply that the baby being born at the end of the song is going to meet the same fate as the young man who dies. It also doubles as a call to action for the listener, saying that without help the protagonist will “grow to be an angry young man someday” yet seemingly already defeated as Elvis notes that we’ll be tempted to look the other way as the world keeps turning.

    https://genius.com/Elvis-presley-in-the-ghetto-lyrics