If It Were You

If It Were You
 The Son of Norma
 Why does everybody hate on someone (someone, someone)
 It'll make you feel love for noone (noone, noone)
 Hurting people is so wrong I say to 'em (say to 'em)
 Do what you got to do
 But what if it were you
 1986 crack was new
 he tried it with his cousin on an afternoon
 it changed his life
 the feeling was powerful
 one twenty rock only took an hour to
 turn him to a customer of the pain and torment
 the drug called his name every waking moment
 left it all behind, to chase the smoke
 his wife and daughter had no way to cope
 his brother tried to intervene
 so did his cousin, friends and colleagues
 but so far nothing
 the neighbors poked fun, the kids were so harsh
 "Your daddy is a crackhead"
 leaving emotional scars
 but 99 percent of all who try it
 will go on a motherfucking monster diet
 still to buy it, but still deny it
 and dream for the day they can slay goliath
 Why does everybody hate on someone
 It'll make you feel love for noone
 Hurting people is so wrong I say to 'em
 Do what you got to do
 But what if it were you
 the nights are dim, she hoping they tip big
 all that she wearing: g-string and lipstick
 just trying to pay the bills, save whatever's left
 staring in the eyes of men she's never met
 her beauty is beyond the average dancer
 every dude inside vogues wish they could have her
 this brings jealousy amongst the other chicks
 (???) just for the fuck of it
 shes taking four classes at the junior college
 a few students know what she looks like topless
 word gets around and they laugh and smirk
 most of them bitches that never had to work
 her son is in daycare, his daddy he don't care
 but a long face is something she won't wear
 relatives whisper during family gatherings
 "her dad was a fool and she takes after him"
 Why does everybody hate on someone
 It'll make you feel love for noone
 Hurting people is so wrong I say to 'em
 Do what you got to do
 But what if it were you
 he did 17 years in a violent prison
 come back home but his life is missing
 his mom passed away and his wife got married
 first time in a long time is scary
 all he knows is a toilet and an 8 foot cage
 clean sheets every tuesday, prison's predictable
 the freeworld life is much more difficult
 noone would hire him, he's covered in tats
 green tear drops for the ones that have passes
 the baby he had is 21 years old
 he heard she was strippin at a club called vogues
 he didnt have a penny in his pocket to help
 but what about the gun momma locked in the shelf?
 it was still there with the bullets intact
 now the prison guard laughs
 "I knew you would be back."
 Why does everybody hate on someone
 It'll make you feel love for noone
 Hurting people is so wrong I say to 'em
 Do what you got to do
 But what if it were you
 its so easy to hate
 any fucking coward can hate somebody
 or judge somebody
 but the realest, greatest people on earth
 are those who have love,
 those who try to help somebody