There's a man on the corner Begging for help There's a man that walks past him And he's drowning in wealth Who doesn't understand How disappointment destroys the soul Every look of shame Is a wound that will never heal What has he done to deserve this

Most girls want a man with the bling bling Got my own thing, got the ching ching I just want real love Most girls want a man with the mean green Don't wanna dance if he can't be everything that I dream of A man that understands real love Cuz shorty's got

Just can't deny it My heart's been branded I can't let you go Don't understand it Just can't tell you no Don't leave me stranded 'Cause I just can't let you go Two eyes that haunt me When I turn out the light Two lips that taunt me

Let it burn Nor that I would Under my skin I know you'll find your own way when I'm not with you So tell everybody, the ones who walk beside me, yeah Now I think I understand How this world can overcome a man Like a friend we saw it through In the end I

Do you picture a better life? But I can't shake the feeling That you picture a better life, better wife, better nights, better high I can't seem to understand it How did we get so low I've been up late watching you breathe Wondering if you're going to

Being a low life 'Cause I'm a low life, and I'm lovin' it No you can't change something that you don't understand Livin' it up, livin' it up I got the whole damn world in the palm of my hand I'm a low life, so fucking deal with it I'm livin' it up,

The ashes that fall one more time Mourn the past and all that once shined The stones that gather left forever damned The absence of what was and what one can't understand The undertow that drags as you lose another day The voice that brought you peace

Even if we try and it all burns down We can, we can, we can work it out We can, we can, we can, we can work it out But we can, we can, we can, we can work it out Don't you walk away I've given too much of me Can't you understand? I know that it's hard to

Ghost in the mirror I knew your face once, but now it's unclear And I can't feel my body now I'm separate from here and now It's pulling me apart, this time Everything is never ending Slipped into a peril that I'll never understand This feeling always

Oh Lord, please don't let me be misunderstood I'm just a soul whose intentions are good Baby, do you understand me now Sometimes you see that I'm mad But don't you know that no one Can always be an angel When everything goes wrong you see some bad But