We've all seen the man at the liquor store   Beggin' for your change   The hair on his face is dirty, dreadlocked   And full of mange   He ask the man for what he could spare   With shame in his eyes   "Get a job, you fuckin' slob"'s 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      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 dreamin' of,"   But three months later   He said he won't date her or return her call   And she sweared "God damn, if I find that man   I'm cuttin' off his balls,"   And then she heads for the clinic   And she gets some static walkin' through the doors   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      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 baddest 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 out on the corner with drugs   He liked to hang out late at night   Liked to get shit faced   And keep pace with thugs   Until late one night there was a big gun fight   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   To have to lose...