How living in poverty just aint swell

I got three kids that I gotta support

Cuz their dad just says that I’m trying to extort.

Day in day out I work real hard

Can’t even pay the bill on my credit card.

 

CHORUS

Work three jobs for minimum wage

My bills I can’t pay just won’t go away

I drive three hours in a bus to work

And all the rich people just treat me like dirt.

 

I get home one day to see that we’ve been evicted

Kicked outta my house just like my mom predicted

Got nowhere to go, three kids and no car

What I can tell you is that we won’t get too far

I go to get help from my neighbours and friends

But the answer is no, I can see by portends.

CHORUS

Not even family can help you when you’re on the streets

Go to an abandoned house, another one of my defeats

My children aren’t safe here I can clearly tell

But it’s not like I can afford a hotel

It’s just for awhile til I’m back on my feet

But nothing in my life will ever be concrete

CHORUS

Two in the morning I wake up to find

Some teenagers who are quite unkind

Drinking, smashing bottles all over the place

I wanna shout out to them that this is my place

They flick their buts off and walk away

And a little fire starts much to my dismay

CHORUS

I grab my kids and get outta there just in time

The place is engulfed in flames; they won’t pay for their crime

Now I’m right back to where I started will it never end?

This vicious cycle where I turn out to condescend

Mother of three with no place to go

I shoulda been outta this situation a long time ago

CHORUS (repeat to fade out)

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