What It's Like - Everlast

DmWe've all seen a man at the liquor store beggin' for your change.

DmThe hair on his face is dirty, dread-locked, and full of mange.

DmHe asks a man for what he could spare, with shame in his eyes.

Dm"Get a job you fucking slob," is all he replies.

DmGod forbid you ever had to walk a mile in his shoes.

Dm'Cause then you really might know what it's like to sing the blues.

DmMary got pregnant from a kid named Tom, that said he was in love.

He said, Dm"Don't worry about a thing, baby doll, I'm the man you've been

dreaming of."

DmBut 3 months later he say he won't date her or return her calls

DmAnd she swear, "God damn, if I find that man, I'm cuttin' off his balls."

DmAnd then she heads for the clinic and she gets some static walking

through the door.

DmThey call her a killer, and they call her a sinner and they call her a whore.

DmGod forbid you ever had to walk a mile in her shoes.

Dm'Cause then you really might know what it's like to have to choose.

DmI've seen a rich man beg. I've seen a good man sin. I've seen a tough man cry.

DmI've seen a loser win. And a sad man grin. I heard an honest man lie.

DmI've seen the good side of bad. And the downside of up.

And everything between.

DmI licked the silver spoon. Drank from the golden cup.

And smoked the finest green.

DmI stroked the fattest dimes, at least a couple of times.

Before I broke their heart.

DmYou know where it ends, it usually depends, on where you start.

DmI knew this kid named Max, who used to get fat stacks out on the corner

with drugs.

DmHe liked to hang out late, he liked to get shit-faced and keep the pace

with thugs.

DmUntil late one night there was a big old fight and Max lost his head.

DmHe pulled out his chrome .45, talked some shit, and wound up dead.

DmNow his wife and his kids are caught in the midst of all of this pain.

DmYou know it comes that way, at least that's

what they say when you play the game.

DmGod forbid you ever had to wake up to hear the news.

Dm'Cause then you really might know what it's like to have to lose.

Dm