Poor Man

You don't know me, look into my eyes

You don't trust me, you'd rather die

Then to take my hand, lead me from this land

Of destruction and poverty why don't you understand?

You don't see me, look into my soul

Can't believe me, I have nothing to show

But my legs and my arms and my feet

and my ears and my eyes and my hands

Can't you see that I'm a man?

CHORUS:

I am the poor man on the street

And to the rich man I'm a sinner,

I'm a beggar and I'm a freak

Everyday you all just pass me by

Can't you see me, please don't deny that I'm alive

Aye yo I roam all day and night alone

This cold pavement is my home away from

Where I spend it, don't matter none

'Cause I'm left stranded but not the only one

'Cause there's a whole community of

them and me that you stare at

Like we are the enemy and I swear I

Don't mean no harm I, just wanna walk with ya

Don't mean no harm I, just wanna talk with ya

Tell me your name, I tell you mine

How you doin' today sir, 'I'm doin' fine'

Now tell me, how that seem so hard

Easy to forget about me when you forget about God

So now I lay me down to sleep

I pray dear God my soul You keep

And if I die before I wake

I pray dear Lord my soul you take, you take

CHORUS

Listen, it's a hard road and it's a hard game

To live the life of the man that has no name

And you point your fingers and laugh

Did you ever think where this man takes a bath?

Did you ever think when you called him a slob?

That it might be you in a year with no job 'Nah'

Yeah, he was livin' day to day a normal life just like yours

A job, house and a normal wife just like yours

But never did he think or comprehend what was ahead

Yo, his stock dropped to zero now he's better off dead

Then goes the house, bank accounts and the Benz

Just when he needed 'em the most there goes his friends

Suicidal thoughts as the countdown begins

Puts the nine (9mm) to his head it all comes to an end

About to pull the trigger as he takes his last breath

He remembers when he dies his kids inherit his debt, Ooh

There's nothin' left, nowhere to run,

puts down the gun, puts out his hand

Begs you for a dollar and you deny him again

Look him in the eye and deny him again,

his name is poor man

You say you love God but God says

'Feed him and you feet me'

So why deny me of the very thing I need

Don't want your money, no, at least have the decency

To look me in the eyes and not deny that I'm alive