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Curtis Mayfield Little Child Runnin' Wild Lyrics
Total views: 2 times this week / Rating: 7/10 [3 votes]Album: Superfly / Original Release Date: 1972-07Genre: SoundtrackSong Duration: 5 min 26 sec
CURTIS MAYFIELD
- Little Child Runnin' Wild Lyrics / with translationsLittle child
Runnin' wild
Watch a while
You see he never smiles
Broken home
Father gone
Mama tired
So he's all alone
Kind of sad
Kind of mad
Ghetto child
Thinkin' he's been had
In the back of his mind he's sayin'
Didn't have to be here
You didn't have to love for me
While I was just a nothin' child
Why couldn't they just let me be
Let me be, let me be, let me be
One room shack
On the alley-back
Control, I'm told
From across the track
Where is the mayor
Who'll make all things fair
He lives outside
Our polluted air
And I didn't have to be here
You didn't have to love for me
While I was just a nothin' child
Why couldn't they just let me be
Let me be, let me be, let me be
I got a Jones
Runnin' through ma' bones
I'm sorry son
All your money's gone
Painful rip
In my upper hip
I guess it's time
To take another trip
Don't care what nobody say
I got to take the pain away
It's getting worser day by day
And all my life has been this way
Can't reason with the pusher man
Finance is all that he understands
You junkie, mama cries, you know
Would rip her, but I love her so
Love her so, now
Runnin' wild
Watch a while
You see he never smiles
Broken home
Father gone
Mama tired
So he's all alone
Kind of sad
Kind of mad
Ghetto child
Thinkin' he's been had
In the back of his mind he's sayin'
Didn't have to be here
You didn't have to love for me
While I was just a nothin' child
Why couldn't they just let me be
Let me be, let me be, let me be
One room shack
On the alley-back
Control, I'm told
From across the track
Where is the mayor
Who'll make all things fair
He lives outside
Our polluted air
And I didn't have to be here
While I was just a nothin' child
Why couldn't they just let me be
Let me be, let me be, let me be
I got a Jones
Runnin' through ma' bones
I'm sorry son
All your money's gone
Painful rip
In my upper hip
I guess it's time
To take another trip
Don't care what nobody say
I got to take the pain away
It's getting worser day by day
And all my life has been this way
Can't reason with the pusher man
Finance is all that he understands
You junkie, mama cries, you know
Would rip her, but I love her so
Love her so, now
Facts about Little Child Runnin' Wild
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Little Child Runnin' Wild is written and performed by Curtis Mayfield.
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It is first released on July 01, 1972 as part of Curtis Mayfield's album "Superfly" which includes 11 tracks in total. This song is the opening track on this album.
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When we take a closer look to the meaning, the track 'Little Child Runnin' Wild' by Curtis Mayfield illustrates the hardships of a ghetto child growing up with parents that are constantly fighting and getting divorced, and not feeling the least bit cared for or assisted by society. The lyrical content depicts a never-ending vicious cycle of suffering, drug addiction, and desperate desires to escape, therefore exposing the bitter truths that are living around the corners in most unrecognized and minor communities. Little child runnin' wild lyrics predominantly stress despair, heartbreak, angst, solitude, and reflection. On the other hand, the song points out the struggles of childhood, being abandoned and neglected, longing for freedom, addiction and pain, and social injustice. The lyrics display themes of a broken home, feelings of abandonment, and references to drug use, which might not be appropriate for children under 13 years old. The emotional intensity and mature themes that are present in the song justify a PG-13 rating.
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Little Child Runnin' Wild falls under the genre Soundtrack.
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Little Child Runnin' Wild song length is 5 minutes and 26 seconds.
Who wrote Little Child Runnin' Wild lyrics?
Little Child Runnin' Wild is written and performed by Curtis Mayfield.
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When was Little Child Runnin' Wild released?
It is first released on July 01, 1972 as part of Curtis Mayfield's album "Superfly" which includes 11 tracks in total. This song is the opening track on this album.
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What is the meaning behind Little Child Runnin' Wild lyrics?
When we take a closer look to the meaning, the track 'Little Child Runnin' Wild' by Curtis Mayfield illustrates the hardships of a ghetto child growing up with parents that are constantly fighting and getting divorced, and not feeling the least bit cared for or assisted by society. The lyrical content depicts a never-ending vicious cycle of suffering, drug addiction, and desperate desires to escape, therefore exposing the bitter truths that are living around the corners in most unrecognized and minor communities. Little child runnin' wild lyrics predominantly stress despair, heartbreak, angst, solitude, and reflection. On the other hand, the song points out the struggles of childhood, being abandoned and neglected, longing for freedom, addiction and pain, and social injustice. The lyrics display themes of a broken home, feelings of abandonment, and references to drug use, which might not be appropriate for children under 13 years old. The emotional intensity and mature themes that are present in the song justify a PG-13 rating.
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Which genre is Little Child Runnin' Wild?
Little Child Runnin' Wild falls under the genre Soundtrack.
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How long is the song Little Child Runnin' Wild?
Little Child Runnin' Wild song length is 5 minutes and 26 seconds.
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Songwriter(s): Curtis MayfieldRecord Label(s): 1999 Curtom Records, a label of Rhino Entertainment
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