Song Description

A song about homelessness and generosity

Lyrics

Give A Little

Oh yes it's easy, arrogance is easy
top of the heap and a cleaner place to sleep
And you look at me. think I'm not like you
better look again no clue what I've been through.
Once like you. Makes you just like me
Walkin down that street One pod 2 peas
Things may not! be the way they appear,
cause they change non-stop! year after year
You can lose your bread and butter trip! end up in the gutter
living in dirt, you stink from all the clutter
how could this happen as it all slips away? Hey!
How.. you fell... into this hell and lost your way
people passing by looking like they don't care
look 'em in their eyes it's fear. they're all scared

Open your heart
and give a little.
Open your mind,
and live a little.
When and we close our hearts
We miss the best parts.
We're meant to feel.
Only love is what's real.

Is your gluttony to punish me food for your appetite
Or just another day in paradise, I'm not a parasite
What's with the smug mug on your condescending face
Laughing at misfortune is more than a disgrace
Can't look me in the eye, double time, keep walking by
Bloated from the humble pie, swelling in you deep inside
Feel the flame, let it burn, open hearts never shut
Sense it in chest, take a breath, feel it in your gut
Before you drop your gavel and judge my situation
Here's an invitation not to judge me like I'm defecation
Do you get it, nah, should I light it up in neon
Your shoulder's getting colder than skinny dipping in freon
Can you feel it, do you get the message
Can you hear your conscience getting kind of restless
Open up your heart and feel my burden
I might be down, I might be out, but more than that I'm still a person

Open your heart
and give a little.
Open your mind,
and live a little.
When we close our hearts
We miss the best parts.
We're meant to feel.
Only love is what's real
copyright© 2013 Sarah English, Carolyn Baron, John Jackson, Cliff Giddens II, and Shawn Carnell Cornish