You don't know me, look into my eyesYou don't trust me, you'd rather dieThen to take my hand, lead me from this landOf destruction and poverty, why don't you understand?You don't see me, look into my soulCan't believe me, I have nothing to showBut my legs and my arms and my feet and my earsAnd my eyes and my hands, can't you see, I'm a man?I am the poor man on the street and to the rich manI'm a sinner, I'm a beggar and I'm a freakEveryday you all just pass me by, can't you see me?Please don't deny that I'm aliveAye, yo, I roam all day and night aloneThis cold pavement is my home away from homeWhere I spend it, don't matter none'Cause I'm left stranded but not the only one'Cause there's a whole community of themAnd me's that you stare at like we are the enemy and I swearI don't mean no harm, I just wanna walk with yaDon't mean no harm, I just wanna talk with yaTell me your name, I'll tell you mineHow you doin' today sir, I'm doin' fineNow tell me, how that seem so hardEasy to forget about me, when you forgot about GodSo now I lay me down to sleepI pray, dear God my soul You keepAnd if I die before I wakeI pray, dear Lord my soul You take, You takeI am the poor man on the street and to the rich manI'm a sinner, I'm a beggar and I'm a freakEveryday you all just pass me by, can't you see me?Please don't deny that I'm aliveListen, it's a hard road and it's a hard gameTo live the life of the man that has no nameAnd you point your fingers and laughDid 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 jobYeah, he was livin' day to day a normal life just like yoursA job, house and a normal wife, just like yoursBut never did he think or comprehend what was aheadHis stock dropped to zero, now he's better off deadThen goes the house, back accounts and the BenzJust when he needed 'em them the most, there goes his friendsSuicidal thoughts as the countdown beginsPuts the nine to his head it all comes to an endAbout to pull the trigger as he takes his last breathHe remembers when he dies his kids inherit his debtThere's nothin' left, nowhere to run,Puts down the gun, puts out his handBegs you for a dollar and you deny him againLook him in the eye and deny him again, his name is poor manYou say you love God, but God says feed him and He'll feed meSo why deny me of the very thing I needDon't want your money, no, at least have the decencyTo look me in the eyes and not deny that I'm aliveHe is the poor man on the street and to the rich manHe's a sinner, he's a beggar and he's a freakEveryday you all just pass him by, can't you see him?Please don't deny that he's alivePlease don't deny that he's alivePlease don't deny that he's alivePlease don't deny that he's alivePlease don't deny that he's alive
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