We've all seen the man at the liquor store begging for your change
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The hair on his face is dirty, dreadlocked and full of mange
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He asks a man for what he could spare with shame in his eyes
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"Get a job, you fucking slob" is all he replies
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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 blues.
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CHORUS:
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Then you really might know what it's like (4x)
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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 'bout a thing, Baby Doll, I'm the man you've been dreaming of"
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But three months later he say he won't date her or return her calls
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And she swear, "God damn, if I find that man, I'm cuttin' off his balls"
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And she heads for the clinic and she gets some static walkin' through the door
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They call her a killer and they call her a sinner and they call her a whore
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But 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 choose
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CHORUS
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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 the baddest dimes
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'least a couple of times
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'fore I broke they heart
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You know where it ends, yo
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It usually depends on where you start
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I knew this kid named Max, he used to get fat stacks out on the corner with drugs
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He liked to hang out late, he liked to get shit faced and keep pace with thugs
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'Til late one night there was a big gun fight and Max lost his head
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Pulled out his chrome .45, talked some shit, and wound up dead
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Now his wife and his kids are caught in the midst of all of this pain
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You know it crumbles that way, at least that's what they say when you play the game
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But 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 (3x)
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To have to lose...
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What It's Like
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| House Of Pain |
