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We've all seen the man at the liquor store beggin' for your |
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change |
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The hair on his face is dirty, dreadlocked and full of mange |
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He ask the man for what he could spare with shame in his eyes |
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God forbid you ever had to walk a mile in his shoes |
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'Cause then you really might know what it's like to sing the |
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blues |
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Then you really might know what it's like (X4) |
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Mary got pregnant from a kid named Tom who said he was in love |
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He said don't worry about a thing baby doll I'm the man you've |
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been dreamin' of |
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But three months later he said he won't date her or return her |
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call |
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And she sweared god damn if I find that man I'm cuttin' off his |
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balls |
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And then she heads for the clinic and she gets some static |
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walkin' through the |
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doors |
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They call her a killer, and they call her a sinner, and they |
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call her a whore |
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God forbid you ever had to walk a mile in her shoes |
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'Cause then you really might know what it's like to have to |
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choose |
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Then you really might know what it's like (X4) |
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I've seen a rich man beg |
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I've seen a good man sin |
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I've seen a tough man cry |
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I've seen a loser win |
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And a sad man grin |
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I heard an honest man lie |
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I've seen the good side of bad |
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And the down side of up |
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And everything between |
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I licked the silver spoon |
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Drank from the golden cup |
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Smoked the finest green |
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I stroked daddies dimes at least a couple of times |
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Before I broke their heart |
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You know where it ends |
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Yo, it usually depends on where you start |
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I knew this kid named Max |
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He used to get fat stacks out on the corner with drugs |
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He liked to hang out late at night |
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Liked to get shit faced |
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And keep pace with thugs |
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Until late one night there was a big gun fight |
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Max lost his head |
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He pulled out his chrome. 45 |
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Talked some shit |
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And wound up dead |
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Now his wife and his kids are caught in the midst of all of his |
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pain |
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You know it crumbles that way |
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At least that's what they say when you play the game |
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God forbid you ever had to wake up to hear the news |
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'Cause then you really might know what it's like to have to lose |
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Then you really might know what it's like (X4) |
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To have to lose... |
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