"In the Ghetto" (originally titled "The Vicious Circle") is a song written by Mac Davis and made famous by Elvis Presley, who had a major comeback hit with it in 1969. It was released in 1969 as a 45 rpm single with "Any Day Now" as the flip side.
Song information
It is a narrative of generational poverty: a boy is born to a mother who already has more children than she can feed in the ghetto of Chicago. The boy grows up hungry, steals and fights, purchases a gun and steals a car, attempts to run, but is shot and killed just as his own child is born. The song implies that the newborn will meet the same fate, continuing the cycle of poverty and violence. The feeling of an inescapable circle is created by the structure of the song, with its simple, stark phrasing; by the repetition of the phrase "in the ghetto" as the close of every fourth line; and finally by the repetition of the first verse's "and his mama cries" just before the beginning and as the close of the last verse.
Macklemore explained the subject of the single as follows:
Music video
The music video, directed by Zia Mohajerjasbi, alludes to an autobiographical story line. It depicts its main character (Macklemore) and his experiences as a young boy infatuated with basketball and basketball paraphernalia, athletic shoes in particular, and what adverse effect it had on him as he grew up.
The music video starts with Macklemore now a grown-up man, going into an empty basketball court, where the indications are, that he apparently used to practice basketball himself. Macklemore raps while he reminisces himself as a small kid wearing a Chicago Bulls jersey number 23 (clearly alluding to NBA player Michael Jordan) and wearing, in a close-up, Nike sneakers that would "make him fly" (another reference to Nike Air Jordan sneakers). He describes "touching the net" as being the "best day of my life" (also a simile of a Jordan typical Nike ad), boasting about his skills to his mother and friends... until that is "my friend Carlos' brother got murdered for his fours, whoa", a reference to the basketball shoes he was wearing. This incident becomes a wake-up call to young Macklemore.
A rugby league football team consists of thirteen players on the field, with four substitutes on the bench. Players are divided into two general categories, forwards and backs.
Forwards are generally chosen for their size and strength. They are expected to run with the ball, to attack, and to make tackles. Forwards are required to improve the team's field position thus creating space and time for the backs. Backs are usually smaller and faster, though a big, fast player can be of advantage in the backs. Their roles require speed and ball-playing skills, rather than just strength, to take advantage of the field position gained by the forwards.
Names and numbering
The laws of the game recognise standardised numbering of positions. The starting side normally wear the numbers corresponding to their positions, only changing in the case of substitutions and position shifts during the game. In some competitions, such as Super League, players receive a squad number to use all season, no matter what positions they play in.
A spoiler is an automotive aerodynamic device whose intended design function is to 'spoil' unfavorable air movement across a body of a vehicle in motion, usually described as turbulence or drag. Spoilers on the front of a vehicle are often called air dams. Spoilers are often fitted to race and high-performance sports cars, although they have become common on passenger vehicles as well. Some spoilers are added to cars primarily for styling purposes and have either little aerodynamic benefit or even make the aerodynamics worse.
The term "spoiler" is often mistakenly used interchangeably with "wing". An automotive wing is a device whose intended design is to generate downforce as air passes around it, not simply disrupt existing airflow patterns. As such, rather than decreasing drag, automotive wings actually increase drag.
Operation
Since spoiler is a term describing an application, the operation of a spoiler varies depending on the particular effect it's trying to spoil. Most common spoiler functions include disrupting some type of airflow passing over and around a moving vehicle. A common spoiler diffuses air by increasing amounts of turbulence flowing over the shape, "spoiling" the laminar flow and providing a cushion for the laminar boundary layer. However, other types of airflow may require the spoiler to operate differently and take on vastly different physical characteristics.
Wing (Buy her music at http://www.wingmusic.co.nz/ pay $3 more and she'll sing to you over the phone - no shit!), made internationally famous by South Park performs Elvis' 'In the ghetto' at Massey University Orientation in Wellington NZ 3/1/2007
published: 02 Mar 2007
WING In the Ghetto
WING, the Chinese Barbra Streisand, performs In the Ghetto at Birdland in NYC.
published: 26 Oct 2008
2Pac - Ghetto Gospel
Official Music Video for “Ghetto Gospel” performed by 2Pac
Stream more 2Pac releases: https://www.2pac.com/discography/
Celebrate the 30th anniversary of 2Pac’s rap crew Thug Life’s debut album “Thug Life: Volume 1” IVC Edition - https://2pac.lnk.to/ivcthuglifevol1
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published: 05 Jul 2011
Valentine Brodie - Life in the Ghetto
On Decimals (JA)
published: 27 Aug 2012
Ghetto President Gaucho warns dp william ruto hustler wing against using violence
published: 31 Jan 2021
Lone Ranger - Life In The Ghetto (1985)
Album: Learn To Drive
Style: Dancehall
Compilation of Clive Jarrett productions, produced by Clive Jarrett & Bebo Phillips
published: 08 Nov 2010
Right Wing Banker Teen vs. Ghetto Mom -- Unfriended Ep. 3
LTC's new episode of Unfriended pits street momma Cathleen against her son Dylan when she refuses to like his 'dorky' band on Facebook.
Wing (Buy her music at http://www.wingmusic.co.nz/ pay $3 more and she'll sing to you over the phone - no shit!), made internationally famous by South Park perf...
Wing (Buy her music at http://www.wingmusic.co.nz/ pay $3 more and she'll sing to you over the phone - no shit!), made internationally famous by South Park performs Elvis' 'In the ghetto' at Massey University Orientation in Wellington NZ 3/1/2007
Wing (Buy her music at http://www.wingmusic.co.nz/ pay $3 more and she'll sing to you over the phone - no shit!), made internationally famous by South Park performs Elvis' 'In the ghetto' at Massey University Orientation in Wellington NZ 3/1/2007
Official Music Video for “Ghetto Gospel” performed by 2Pac
Stream more 2Pac releases: https://www.2pac.com/discography/
Celebrate the 30th anniversary of 2Pac...
Official Music Video for “Ghetto Gospel” performed by 2Pac
Stream more 2Pac releases: https://www.2pac.com/discography/
Celebrate the 30th anniversary of 2Pac’s rap crew Thug Life’s debut album “Thug Life: Volume 1” IVC Edition - https://2pac.lnk.to/ivcthuglifevol1
http://2pac.com
http://instagram.com/2pac
http://twitter.com/2pac
http://facebook.com/tupacshakur
#2Pac #Tupac #GhettoGospel
Official Music Video for “Ghetto Gospel” performed by 2Pac
Stream more 2Pac releases: https://www.2pac.com/discography/
Celebrate the 30th anniversary of 2Pac’s rap crew Thug Life’s debut album “Thug Life: Volume 1” IVC Edition - https://2pac.lnk.to/ivcthuglifevol1
http://2pac.com
http://instagram.com/2pac
http://twitter.com/2pac
http://facebook.com/tupacshakur
#2Pac #Tupac #GhettoGospel
Wing (Buy her music at http://www.wingmusic.co.nz/ pay $3 more and she'll sing to you over the phone - no shit!), made internationally famous by South Park performs Elvis' 'In the ghetto' at Massey University Orientation in Wellington NZ 3/1/2007
Official Music Video for “Ghetto Gospel” performed by 2Pac
Stream more 2Pac releases: https://www.2pac.com/discography/
Celebrate the 30th anniversary of 2Pac’s rap crew Thug Life’s debut album “Thug Life: Volume 1” IVC Edition - https://2pac.lnk.to/ivcthuglifevol1
http://2pac.com
http://instagram.com/2pac
http://twitter.com/2pac
http://facebook.com/tupacshakur
#2Pac #Tupac #GhettoGospel
"In the Ghetto" (originally titled "The Vicious Circle") is a song written by Mac Davis and made famous by Elvis Presley, who had a major comeback hit with it in 1969. It was released in 1969 as a 45 rpm single with "Any Day Now" as the flip side.
Song information
It is a narrative of generational poverty: a boy is born to a mother who already has more children than she can feed in the ghetto of Chicago. The boy grows up hungry, steals and fights, purchases a gun and steals a car, attempts to run, but is shot and killed just as his own child is born. The song implies that the newborn will meet the same fate, continuing the cycle of poverty and violence. The feeling of an inescapable circle is created by the structure of the song, with its simple, stark phrasing; by the repetition of the phrase "in the ghetto" as the close of every fourth line; and finally by the repetition of the first verse's "and his mama cries" just before the beginning and as the close of the last verse.
As the snow flies On a cold and gray Chicago mornin' A poor little baby child is born In the ghetto And his mama cries 'cause if there's one thing that she don't need it's another hungry mouth to feed In the ghetto People, don't you understand the child needs a helping hand or he'll grow to be an angry young man some day Take a look at you and me, are we too blind to see, do we simply turn our heads and look the other way Well the world turns and a hungry little boy with a runny nose plays in the street as the cold wind blows In the ghetto And his hunger burns so he starts to roam the streets at night and he learns how to steal and he learns how to fight In the ghetto Then one night in desperation a young man breaks away He buys a gun, steals a car, tries to run, but he don't get far And his mama cries As a crowd gathers 'round an angry young man face down on the street with a gun in his hand In the ghetto As her young man dies, on a cold and gray Chicago mornin', another little baby child is born