It has been ten years since Everlast issued
What It's Like, but the song still resonates. Even more so in a hotly contested political season that coincides with some of the toughest economic times in recent American history.
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- We've all seen the man at the liquor store begging for your change
- The hair on his face is dirty, dreadlocked, and full of mange
- He asks the man for what he can spare with shame in his eyes
- Get a job you fucking slob is all he replied.
- 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 [x4]
- Mary got pregnant from a kid named Tom who 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 three months later he said he won't date her or return her calls
- And she swears God damn if I find that man I'm cutting off his balls
- And 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 [x4]
- 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 down side of up
- And everything between
- I licked the silver spoon
- Drank from the golden cup
- Smoked the finest green
- I stroked the daddy's 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
- He used to get fat stacks on the corner with drugs
- He liked to hang out late, he liked to get shit faced, and keep pace with thugs
- Until late one night there was a big gun fight and Max lost his head
- He pulled out his chrome .45, talked some shit, and wound up dead
- Now his wife and his kids are caught in the midst of all of his pain
- You know it crumbles 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 [x3]
- To have to lose . . . .
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