What It's Like lyrics - Everlast

We've all seen a man at the liquor store beggin' for your change

The hair on his face is dirty, dreadlocked and full of mange

He asks a man for what he could spare with shame in his eyes

"Get a job, you fuckin' slob" is all he replies

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

Then you really might know what it's like

Then you really might know what it's like

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 say he won't date her or return her calls

And she swear, "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 door

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

Then you really might know what it's like

Then you really might know what it's like

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 fattest 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

He liked to get shit faced

And keep the 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

And now his wife and his kids

Are caught in the midst

Of all of this pain

You know it comes 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

Then you really might know what it's like

Then you really might know what it's like

To have to lose...