What It’s Like

What it’s Like - Rockin Rockers

We've all seen a man at

The liquor store begging for your change

The hair on his face is dirty

Dread-locked and full of mange

He asks a man for what he could spare

With shame in his eyes

Get a job you f**king slob

Is all he replies

God forbid you ever had

To walk a mile in his shoes

Cause then you really might know

What it's like to sing the blues

Then you really might know what it's like

Then you really might know what it's like

Then you really might know what it's like

Then you really might know what it's like

Mary got pregnant from a kid named Tom

That said he was in love

He said Don't worry about a thing baby doll

I'm the man you've been dreaming of

But 3 months later

He say he won't date her or return her calls

And she swear Goddamn if I find that man

I'm cutting off his balls

She heads for the clinic

And she gets some static walking through the door

They call her a killer

And they call her a sinner

And they call her a whore

God forbid

You ever had to walk a mile in her shoes

Cause then you really might know

What it's like to have to choose

Then you really might know what it's like

Then you really might know what it's like

Then you really might know what it's like

Then you really might know what it's like

I've seen a rich man beg

I've seen a good man sin

I've seen a tough man cry

I've seen a loser win

And a sad man grin I heard an honest man lie

I've seen the good side of bad

And the downside of up

And everything between

I licked the silver spoon

Drank from the golden cup

And smoked the finest green

I stroked the fattest dimes

At least a couple of times

Before I broke their heart

You know where it ends yo

It usually depends on where you start

I knew this kid named Max

Who used to get fat stacks out

On the corner with drugs

He liked to hang out late

He liked to get sh*t-faced

And keep the pace with thugs

Until late one night

There was a big old fight and Max lost his head

He pulled out his chrome 45

Talked some sh*t and wound up dead

Now his wife and his kids are caught

In the midst of all of this pain

You know it comes that way

At least that's what they say

When you play the game

God forbid you ever had

To wake up to hear the news

Cause then you really might know

What it's like to have to lose

Then you really might know what it's like

Then you really might know what it's like

Then you really might know

What it's like to have to lose