A Future Shock chords by Crippled Black Phoenix

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Verse 1
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My name is Ronald Davis
I've been on the street for
'bout a year and a half now
Well, I come from the suburbs, such life,
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you know, which is, is- is... is, is rough
And amm, I mean I've slept in Lower Wacker, I have slept
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on the bridges
I've been sleeping on,
in lil' cardboard boxes
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Is tough, you know, just survive and especially
in winter time is the hardest time
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Verse 2
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It's really humiliating to be shaking
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a cup 24 hours a day
And people just look at you like you're
some kind o' lil' bum
You know what
I'm sayin'? I mean I have
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Had people who walk past me and
say "get a job bum!"
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And I said "wait a minute, I'm not a bum,

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Interlude 1

I'm a human being"

Verse 3
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Well
A- after the end of the day,
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when- when people go home
And everybody get on the Metro
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train and them might
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And then I just... feel so bad that I can't
be going home, you know
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Man, I'm sorry, but, oh,
it's really emotional because
I'm really trying to get myself together
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and get off this street
(You know), and I
don't care what is doomed
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If I can get a job and through this
humidity and, you know
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I mean, you just lose all your humility when you're shaking a cup begging

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Verse 4
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(You know) I had one
guy walk past me
And talk about me so bad and then
I don't looked down and
I said "God bless you, sir"
He walked past and went,
went down the street, come right back
And he said "you know what, man,
I had a bad day"
He said "I'm sorry for even
calling you that"
He said "because I know
you're a human being"
He said "would you
accept my apology?"
I said "apology accepted"
He went into his pocket and gave me
thirty bucks and said
"Go get you a room and get
you something to eat"
You know what I mean? I mean,
you know
No matter what people think
about me
I know I'm a human person
And just 'cause I'm down at
my low
No give nobody no excuse
To call me no bum