[00:00.00]What It's Like - The Hit Nation
[00:23.45]We've all seen a man at
[00:24.72]The liquor store begging for your change
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[00:28.97]The hair on his face is dirty
[00:30.93]Dread-locked and full of mange
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[00:34.66]He asks a man for what he could spare
[00:37.29]With shame in his eyes
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[00:40.16]Get a job you f**king slob
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[00:42.86]Is all he replies
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[00:46.06]God forbid you ever had
[00:47.75]To walk a mile in his shoes
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[00:51.59]Cause then you really might know
[00:53.03]What it's like to sing the blues
[00:55.85]
[00:57.20]Then you really might know what it's like
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[01:02.95]Then you really might know what it's like
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[01:08.71]Then you really might know what it's like
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[01:14.03]Then you really might know what it's like
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[01:31.37]Mary got pregnant from a kid named Tom
[01:33.83]That said he was in love
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[01:36.47]He said Don't worry about a thing baby doll
[01:38.55]I'm the man you've been dreaming of
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[01:42.41]But 3 months later
[01:43.51]He say he won't date her or return her calls
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[01:47.27]And she swear Goddamn if I find that man
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[01:50.41]I'm cutting off his balls
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[01:53.63]She heads for the clinic
[01:54.73]And she gets some static walking through the door
[01:57.77]
[01:59.25]They call her a killer
[02:00.72]And they call her a sinner
[02:02.11]And they call her a whore
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[02:05.07]God forbid
[02:06.09]You ever had to walk a mile in her shoes
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[02:10.46]Cause then you really might know
[02:11.95]What it's like to have to choose
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[02:16.31]Then you really might know what it's like
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[02:22.10]Then you really might know what it's like
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[02:27.71]Then you really might know what it's like
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[02:33.24]Then you really might know what it's like
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[02:38.66]I've seen a rich man beg
[02:40.01]I've seen a good man sin
[02:41.34]I've seen a tough man cry
[02:42.97]
[02:44.22]I've seen a loser win
[02:45.49]And a sad man grin I heard an honest man lie
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[02:49.93]I've seen the good side of bad
[02:51.32]And the downside of up
[02:52.81]And everything between
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[02:55.42]I licked the silver spoon
[02:56.76]Drank from the golden cup
[02:58.24]And smoked the finest green
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[03:01.07]I stroked the fattest dimes
[03:02.49]At least a couple of times
[03:03.86]Before I broke their heart
[03:05.57]
[03:06.36]You know where it ends yo
[03:08.01]It usually depends on where you start
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[03:23.78]I knew this kid named Max
[03:25.22]Who used to get fat stacks out
[03:26.87]On the corner with drugs
[03:28.45]
[03:29.35]He liked to hang out late
[03:30.71]He liked to get sh*t-faced
[03:32.20]And keep the pace with thugs
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[03:34.95]Until late one night
[03:36.30]There was a big old fight and Max lost his head
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[03:40.60]He pulled out his chrome 45
[03:42.85]Talked some sh*t and wound up dead
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[03:46.46]Now his wife and his kids are caught
[03:48.34]In the midst of all of this pain
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[03:51.83]You know it comes that way
[03:53.30]At least that's what they say
[03:54.73]When you play the game
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[03:58.02]God forbid you ever had
[03:59.69]To wake up to hear the news
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[04:03.54]Cause then you really might know
[04:04.92]What it's like to have to lose
[04:07.69]
[04:09.21]Then you really might know what it's like
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[04:14.85]Then you really might know what it's like
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[04:20.48]Then you really might know
[04:21.82]What it's like to have to lose