Thread by @ShawnInArizona

We've all seen the guy at a Home Depot hoping to make a wage

He has no tattoos, only has work boots, he's never joined a gang

He asks a man if he can help but when he tries

The man says no, he gets on his phone and he calls ICE

God forbid you ever had to walk a mile in his boots
Cuz then you really might know what it's like to sing the blues

Then you really might know what its like
Then you really might know what its like
Then you really might know what its like
Then you really might know what its like

Mary got raped by a bunch of thugs while heading home for lunch

Her husbands gone, she can't call the cops, they're all corrupt

Three months later, two months along, and with no one to call

She leaves her land, to go and find her man, he's north of the wall

But when she arrives she learns her man was forced to self deport

He got caught at Home Depot, but hey how could she know, he lost his day in court

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

Then you really might know what it's like

Then you really might know what it's like

Then you really might know what it's like

I've seen a white man steal I've seen a white man sin

I've seen a white man lie

I've seen a brown man strive just to provide

And they call it a crime

I've seen the good side of love and the downside of hate

And everything between

I've seen my country, fail to remember

We were all once refugees

Read about this kid - his name is Scott - and all that he does

He likes to drop - fresh water off, in the desert with love

Until one day, Scott got detained, and the popo said

You're going to jail because you failed to leave these people for dead

Now his fam and friends are caught in the midst of all of this pain

You know it comes that way at least that's what they say when you play the game

God forbid you ever had to wake up and read the news

They'll try you again, and they'll keep trying you until you lose

Then you really might know what it's like

Then you really might know what it's like

Then you really might know what it's like to have to lose

Thanks for reading

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