What Would You Do (Live)

Song What Would You Do (Live)
Artist Bastille
Album iTunes Festival: London 2012

Lyrics

[00:28.69] Boys and girls, wanna hear a true story?
[00:31.40] Saturday night was at this real wild party
[00:34.90] There was liquor overflowin' the cup
[00:35.98] About 5 or 6 strippers trying to work for a buck
[00:38.63] So I took one girl outside with me
[00:41.26] Her name was Londy, she went to Junior High with me
[00:43.89] I said, "Why you up in there dancing for cash?
[00:46.57] I guess a whole lots changed since I seen you last."
[00:49.00] She said...
[00:49.89] What would you do if your son was at home
[00:52.42] Crying all alone on the bedroom floor
[00:54.66] Cause he's hungry
[00:56.90] And the only way to feed him is to sleep with a man for a little bit of money
[01:00.29] And his daddy's gone in and out of lock down
[01:03.80] I ain't got a job now
[01:04.40] He's just smokin' rock now
[01:06.70] So for you this is just a good time
[01:08.40] But for me this is what I call life
[01:11.27] Girl, you ain't the only one to have a baby
[01:13.70] That's no excuse to be living all crazy
[01:16.72] So she stared me right square in the eye
[01:18.56] And said, "Everyday I Wake up, hoping to die"
[01:21.26] She said, "They're gonna know about pain
[01:23.51] Cause me and my sister ran away
[01:25.35] So my daddy couldn't rape us
[01:27.28] Before I was a teenager
[01:29.17] I done been through more shit you can't even relate to"
[01:35.23] What would you do if your son was at home
[01:37.69] Crying all alone on the bedroom floor
[01:40.00] Cause he's hungry
[01:41.39] And the only way to feed him is to sleep with a man for a little bit of money
[01:45.55] And his daddy's gone in and out of lock down
[01:48.39] I ain't got a job now
[01:49.66] He's just smokin' rock now
[01:51.41] So for you this is just a good time
[01:53.35] But for me this is what I call life
[01:56.59] What would you do?
[01:57.81] Get up off my feet and stop making tired excuses
[02:01.98] What would you do?
[02:03.40] Get up off my feet and stop making tired excuses
[02:07.22] What would you do?
[02:08.35] Get up off my feet and stop making tired excuses
[02:12.64] What would you do?
[02:13.68] Get up off my feet!
[02:17.90] What would you do if your son was at home
[02:20.34] Crying all alone on the bedroom floor
[02:22.62] Cause he's hungry
[02:24.10] And the only way to feed him is to sleep with a man for a little bit of money
[02:28.60] And his daddy's gone in and out of lock down
[02:31.30] I ain't got a job now
[02:32.35] He's just smokin' rock now
[02:34.00] So for you this is just a good time
[02:36.30] But for me this is what I call life
[02:39.26] What would you do if your son was at home
[02:41.70] Crying all alone on the bedroom floor
[02:44.00] Cause he's hungry
[02:45.36] And the only way to feed him is to sleep with a man for a little bit of money
[02:49.39] And his daddy's gone in and out of lock down
[02:52.42] I ain't got a job now
[02:53.72] He's just smokin' rock now
[02:55.32] So for you this is just a good time
[02:57.35] But for me this is what I call life
[03:00.59] What would you do if your son was at home
[03:03.00] Crying all alone on the bedroom floor
[03:06.54] Cause he's hungry