We've all seen the man at the liquor store beggin' for your
change
The hair on his face is dirty, dreadlocked and full of mange
He ask the man for what he could spare with shame in his eyes
Get a job you fuckin' slob's all he replied
[CHORUS]
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 [x4]
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 said he won't date her or return her
call
And she sweared 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 doors
They call her a killer, and they call her a sinner, and they
call her a whore
[CHORUS]
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 [x4]
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 daddy's 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 at night
Liked to get shit faced
And keep 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
Now his wife and his kids are caught in the midst of all of his
pain
You know it crumbles that way
At least that's what they say when you play the game
[CHORUS]
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 [x3]
To have to lose...
Listening to "What
it's Like" by
Everlast speaks mounds to my feelings of
how we choose
to view one another in life. We must remain compassionate towards
those we view as "different."
God forbid...
FIGHT ON and NEVER F#CKING SURRENDER,
Da Pirate
The
Brooklyn
Way
feat.
Everlast
music
video
from the
album
The
Brooklyn
Way by
The
Lordz.
Title
song to
the docu-series
The
Brooklyn
Way
premiering
on FUSE
"...God forbid you ever had to walk a mile
in His shoes, cause then you really might know
what it's like..."
Once best known for his
tenure in the rap unit
House of Pain,
Everlast successfully
reinvented himself in 1998
with the best-selling Whitey
Ford Sings the Blues, a
largely acoustic, hip-hop-flavored
effort in the genre-crossing
mold of
Beck. Born Erik Schrody,
Everlast first surfaced
in Los Angeles as a member
of
Ice-T's Rhyme Syndicate
Cartel, issuing his debut
album, Forever Everlasting,
in 1990. When the album
failed to find an audience,
he formed
House of Pain with Danny
Boy and
DJ Lethal; carving out
an image which drew heavily
on
Everlast and Danny Boy's
shared Irish heritage, the
trio managed to overcome
the stereotypes facing white
rappers and scored a massive
hit with their 1992 single
"Jump Around." Their self-titled
debut LP also went platinum,
but when follow-ups including
1994's Same as It Ever Was
and 1996's Truth Crushed
to Earth Shall Rise Again
failed to repeat
House of Pain's early
success, the group disbanded.
Everlast then returned
to his solo career, but
while recording Whitey Ford
Sings the Blues he suffered
a massive cardiac arrest
stemming from a congenital
defect, resulting in heart
bypass surgery and an artificial
valve implant. Following
his recovery, he completed
the album, which appeared
in the fall of 1998 to strong
commercial notices: hitting
the Top Ten, going platinum,
and launching the Top 40
single "What It's Like."
After appearing on
Santana's vaunted comeback
album Supernatural,
Everlast began work
on a follow-up with an eclectic
group of guest artists.
Titled Eat at Whitey's,
the album was released in
late 2000, and enjoyed critical
notice even if it wasn't
quite as succesful as Whitey
Ford. Everlast then returned
in 2004 with the moody,
more song-driven White Trash
Beautiful. ~ Jason Ankeny,
All Music Guide
SUP BRO,
I just wanted to say that your site is bad ass...and
that you truly are a fighter. There's nothing
in this world that can stop you man.
Fighters live with honor and respect. You
have mine.
~ 84 FOX
I
just want
to let you
know i think
what you're
doing is
amazing.
My father
has HIV
from the
mid 80's
but my Uncle
(his brother)
died in
'90. Unfortunately
they shared
a needle.
And my aunt,
my uncles
wife, is
surviving
it too.
I think
you have
an amazing
attitude
and that
helps a
lot.
Life
should NOT be a journey to the grave
with the intention of arriving safely
in an attractive and well preserved
body, but rather to skid in sideways,
body thoroughly used up, totally worn
out and screaming
WOO HOO what a ride!!!"
