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I saw this man the other day and he was eatin out the garbage/
and i thought to myself that's nasty, but then i stopped and thought "what if"/
what if that was me, what if i didnt have this roof over my head/
i been so close before, what if i was the one almost half dead/
and the only way i can survive is eatin out the trash in the street/
what if our roles were reversed, what if it was him that was lookin at me/
what would he think about me? would he judge me and dismiss me?/
thats been our attitude about other less fortunate throughout history/
or would he show compassion, reach out and lend me a hand/
would he think the worst about my life or would he just understand/
it tripped me out to think about, but still i just kept walkin/
whats that say about me as a person, now i felt akward/
and i wanted to turn around cuz i kept thinkin still that maybe/
he's not a bad person, he's just down on his luck a lil worse than me/
i reached into my pocket, grabbed some change that i could spare/
i tried to give it to him, but he just walked away like i wasnt there/
and then it hit me, he was just like me, a man too proud to beg/
so i just sat it on the ground, walked away and then he said/
in a soft cold voice that echoed in my head for days/
"Thank You", and by the time i turned around he had walked away/
Never saw him again, and i don't know what became of him/
if he's still alive or if he died or even the name of him/
but he symbolizes the struggle we as a race are faced with/
not black or white, just people, and while most of our lives are wasted/
deep inside of every one of us is still a soul/
a man just like the one i saw, hungry but movin toward a goal/
based on actual events, but not completely true
look for this to be audio soon
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