G. Love And Special Sauce: This ain't living

This town's so hype it's got souldAs a philly catIm with the rollAnd the swing of my thingsHow they work like clockworkTick tock tick tockTimes always lurking in your headGot to go to work and get fedThat man didnt eat but he goes to sleepGets up at dawn not to see the sunriseBut because its too damn cold outsideUnderneat the bridge they punp the citys bilgeInto the alley they sweep the citys filthThe flowers wilt the flowers wiltDont tell me about no gameCause that is a manAnd his familyRevolution familyLook at the familyDig the familyTheyre living the wrong wayCant get nothingDont get nothing all they wanted wasSomething like a job - mercy mercyBut its robbed - mercy mercyAnd theres so many street sideBeggars and disabled veteransGlass-eyed and peddlingDrunk and just meddlingSo you conclude its their faultThey like the street they must like the asphaltBut that is man woman and childrenThe system has stalled shelters homeThats not what I call itI call it bad healthSome say help themselvesYo if you you gots itEvery hundred people a dollar in changeEvery hundred people a dollar in changeThis aint livingThis aint livingOh noYou know its rough, had enough of holding aCup full of spare changeThe doctor diagnosed me as aDome full of bad brainsSo, toe to toe with employersCause theyre telling me noHooked on prescription drugsSo I stay broke, Id run awayBut you cant run away fromYourself or your health soI deal with the cards that Im dealtTweet-a-leet-leetThe morning bird sounding sweetThough I sleep on the streetsI have a feeling Im freeFrom societys hand picked hypocrisyMercy mercy dont give a damn for meMercy mercy now what am I going to eatPeek through the windows of the restaurantPeople eating caviar fifty bucks on lunchA hand-me-down mealFull of God knows whatPut it away in my gutQuick and then I wonderWhy Im sick, brick for brickI know the city like my hand printJust a pit in the gutterOf a skid-row ditchBut Ill survive the painLet me know Im aliveBut I still feel thatThis aint livingCheck my beat dig they rhythmMe belly full but me hungry so I fill itOnce I start gaining taxes start takingCause the governments perfected funk fakingBreaking me down striking me downWhat goes around comes around butI keep rising seeing through the lies andThe surprise comes when I see myselfThe music I feltIm onThis aint livingThis aint livingOh no