| Imagining having no way to get warm when it’s cold
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| And when it’s hot, there’s no escape from heat when temperatures grow
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| Feeling hopeless and depressed is just a part of the deal
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| And you become dependent on strangers for water and meals
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| Every night you’re sleeping on streets that ain’t even safe
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| No bathrooms available, you can’t even bathe
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| So you struggle through the long day with low hygiene
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| On top of that you barely got clothes and those not clean
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| People walk and drive by you, displaying their blessings
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| And it’s rare when any of ‘em acknowledge your presence
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| They just keep going, showing no regard for the poor
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| You’ve been there so long, they don’t even notice no more
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| When I see ‘em on the city streets, what does it mean to me?
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| The image of people suffering is part of the scenery
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| Watching it up close is heartbreaking without a doubt
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| The part of society everybody forgot about ‘cause they got
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| No roof, no walls, no rooms, no halls
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| Hope you understanding the message I’m tryna show y’all, it’s
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| No roof, no walls, no rooms, no halls
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| Hope you understanding the message I’m tryna show y’all
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| Tell me why
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| People always pass me by (every single day, every single night)
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| 'til we die
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| They see us and they still deny (C'mon, yeah)
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| Everyday morale decreases the deeper they drown
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| You look down on ‘em and not because they sleep on the ground
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| How can you think you better than the homeless women or men, when you’re a lost
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| job away from the condition they’re in?
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| So in your mind, you put ‘em all in the same category
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| You think they’re all bums and dopeheads, you don’t know their story
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| Your picture is just a small part, believe it’s bigger
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| Some lived in big homes with families and made six figures
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| Served in the armed forces, got college degrees
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| Others with more knowledge than most people you’ll probably see
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| But when you look at ‘em, you see people who have no value
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| Not thinking that one day, the same fate might grab you
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| The level of misfortune, do you know the extent?
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| You ever seen three people living in one tent?
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| The smell of urine in the wind, it’s a sad display
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| And people laying there everyday wasting away ‘cause they got
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| No roof, no walls, no rooms, no halls
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| Hope you understanding the message I’m tryna show y’all, it’s
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| No roof, no walls, no rooms, no halls
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| Hope you understanding the message I’m tryna show y’all
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| Tell me why
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| People always pass me by (every single day, every single night)
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| 'til we die
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| They see us and they still deny (C'mon, yeah)
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| The city ain’t doin' nothin', they won’t take onus
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| Money used for everything except helping the homeless
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| New stadiums, buildings, it’s road construction
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| But the number living outside there’s no reduction
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| Some of ‘em have mental sicknesses and health conditions
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| City officials be trippin', they won’t help, but listen
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| Hard to be self-sufficient and get on track
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| When you lose your way and nobody will help you get back
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| God bless you if you walkin' down that long street
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| I salute the ones who been there and got back on feet
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| It’s kinda crazy when I see ‘em in a group or alone
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| Some of ‘em be in better spirits than people with homes
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| If you never saw it as humbling you gotta believe me
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| People with real struggles make you see your problems are easy
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| Next time you see ‘em, look at ‘em and feel their pain
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| And you should be ashamed if after that you still complain ‘cause they got
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| No roof, no walls, no rooms, no halls
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| Hope you understanding the message I’m tryna show y’all, it’s
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| No roof, no walls, no rooms, no halls
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| Hope you understanding the message I’m tryna show y’all
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| Tell me why
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| People always pass me by (every single day, every single night)
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| 'til we die
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| They see us and they still deny (C'mon, yeah) |