Little Tom

Little Tom - The Hit Crew

Little Tom what will be your fate

Little Tom will you be someone great

Do you know right from wrong

Are they teaching you at home

Or have they turn you loose to roam Little Tom

I walked into a cafe and

Ordered myself something to eat

When a little boy walked in

With his shoes half off his feet

He said Buy a paper Mister

I said How old are you son

Seven sir when my papers are sold

I'll be on my way home

What your name

Thomas but everybody calls me Little Tom

They named me after my daddy

But they say I look like my mama

I said Why it's almost midnight son

You should be home asleep

I know it but I wanna get me a bicycle

And I gotta help mama buy

Somethin' to eat my daddy's pretty mean to us

And he spends most of his

Money for wine He don't hold a job like other men

He gets fired all time

I said Have somethin' to eat

Aren't you hungry son

He said I guess a little bit

I believe I'll have a hamburger and a glass

Of milk to go with it

I said Is there enough

He said Make it two

Cause I ain't eat since noon

I said Where you live son On Main Street sir

There's six of us livin' in one room

There's me and my three brothers

And my ma and my dad

But someday I'm gonna buy me a big house

If I don't turn out bad

My appetite left me as

I sat there watching him

And I thought he's just one of thousands

That's brought up in a home of sin

When the parents neglect the children

And forget to make the all menkind

And then wondered why there's juvenile delinquency

When they are at fault most of the time

I bit my lip and fought back tears

As I watched the little guy leave the cafe

And I wondered how many more children

Would be brought up that way

Little Tom what will be your fate