VILLAGE GHETTO LAND
Stevie Wonder


Would you like to go with me
Down my dead end street
Would you like to come with me
To village ghetto land

See the people lock their doors
While robbers laugh and steal
Beggars watch and eat their meals-from garbage cans

Broken glass is everywhere
It’s a bloody scene
Killing plagues the citizens
Unless they own police

Children play with rusted cars
Sores cover their hands
Politicians laugh and drink-drunk to all demands

Families buying dog food now
Starvation roams the streets
Babies die before they’re born
Infected by the grief

Now some folks say that we should be
Glad for what we have
Tell me would you be happy in village ghetto land
Village ghetto land


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BARRIO MARGINAL
(Village Ghetto Land)
(Music: Stevie Wonder / Spanish Lyrics: Pedro Aznar)
Pedro Aznar (Argentina)


Ven a acompañarme aquí,
al callejón brutal
Ven a ver cómo es vivir
en un barrio marginal

Cada casa es un fortín
sin mucho que guardar
Los mendigos van allí
por la basura, a hurgar

Vidrios rotos por doquier
La muerte es uno más
A quién le importa proteger
a los que van detrás

Chicos sucios en el tren,
la suerte los dejó
Los políticos se ven
sólo antes de la elección

En los platos sin llenar
comida de animal
Bebés que se gestan mal
en el vientre industrial

Nos dicen que tendríamos que estar
tranquilos, sin chistar
Diga usted, ¿sería feliz
en el barrio marginal?