[00:21.78]That young boy without a name I'd know his face.
[00:27.54]In this city the kid's my favorite.
[00:32.00]I've seen him.
[00:35.25]I see him every day.
[00:41.27]Seen him run outside looking for a place to hide from his father,
[00:48.99]the kid half naked and said to myself
[00:53.82]"O, what's the matter here?"
[01:00.79]I'm tired of the excuses everbody uses,
[01:05.16]he's their kid I stay out of it,
[01:10.17]but who gave you the right to do this?
[01:17.42]We live on Morgan Street;
[01:19.83]just ten feet between and his mother,
[01:25.12]I never see her, but her screams and cussing,
[01:30.70]I hear them every day.
[01:36.64]Threats like: "If you don't mind I will beat on your behind,"
[01:41.84]"Slap you, slap you silly."
[01:45.49]Made me say, "O, what's the matter here?"
[01:55.61]I'm tired of the excuses everybody uses,
[02:00.35]he's your kid, do as you see fit,
[02:05.08]but get this through that I don't approve of
[02:09.91]what you did to you own flesh and blood.
[02:13.91]
[02:50.04]Oh I have heard the excuses everybody uses
[02:55.42]He's your kid
[02:57.00]do as you see fit
[03:00.30]But get this through
[03:02.44]That I don't approve of
[03:04.96]what you did to your own flesh and blood
[03:08.08]
[03:17.28]"If you don't sit on this chair straight
[03:21.92]I'll take this belt from around my waist
[03:26.71]and don't think that I won't use it!"
[03:31.91]Answer me and take your time,
[03:34.14]what could be the awful crime he could do at such young an age?
[03:40.08]If I'm the only witness to your madness offer me some words to balance out what I see and what I hear.
[03:49.56]Oh these cold and lowly things that you do I suppose you do because he belongs to you
[03:59.31]and instead of love and the feel of warmth you've given him these cuts and sores don't heal with time or with age.
[04:08.88]
[04:12.50]And I want to say
[04:21.03]"What's the Matter here?"
[04:25.51]But I don't dare say.
[04:30.63]"What's the Matter here?"
[04:35.09]But I don't dare say.