What If It Was You Songtext

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The 411 - What If It Was You

See her on the street
Selling her body just to make ends meet
Every day's the same said story
She prays but no one answers back
A soul who never had a chance
Don't you laugh at her misfortune
Everyone can take a fall
If you were walking in those footsteps
Wouldn't you laugh at all

What if it was you standing on the street
What if it was you without enough to eat
What if it was you with nothing left to lose
What if it was you standing in those shoes
What if it was you all alone out there
Didn't have a choice
Didn't have a prayer
What if it was you down on your luck
What if it was you
And no one give a ****

He's there every day
Askin' hey mista' can you
Spare some change
Why son't cha get a job is all they say
You live with no such thing as pride

You're fighting just to stay alive
Don't you laugh at his misfortune
Anyone can take his place
If you were walking in those footsteps
Would ya feel the same

What if it was you standing on the street
What if it was you wihtout enough to eat
What if it was you with nothing left to lose
What if it was you standing in those shoes
What if it was you all alone out there
Didn't have a choice
Didn't have a prayer
What if it was you down with you luck
And no one gives a ****

What if everyday you woke up
Without knowing
How you gonna eat,
Where you gonna sleep
What if hard times hit you
Would you be so quick to
Judge another judge your brother

Or would you feel how it would be in their shoes

Don't you laugh at her mistake
Everyone can take a fall
If you were walking in those footsteps
Wouldn't laugh at all

What if it was you standing on the street
What if it was you without enough to eat
What if it was you wiht nothing left to lose
What if it was you standing in those shoes
What if it was you all alone out there
Didn't have a choice
Didn't have a prayer
What if it was you down on your luck
What if it was you
And no one gives a ****