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Beggars Can't Be Choosey by Larry Graham album cover

Beggars Can't Be Choosey

by Larry Graham

Lyrics
I met a man just the other day
We got involved in this heavy conversation
I felt so bad when I heard him say
I'd rather die than live with my situation
Living on handouts day to day
What hurts the most is when I hear them say that

Beggars can't be choosy they say
Everything must be this way
I just keep believing some way
There's gonna be a brighter day

We started walking down people street
That's what they call it 'cause home is on the ground
Some searching cash cans for food to eat
Some pushing carts full of everything they found
Hard to believe so many live this way
The problem's getting bigger each and every day

Beggars can't be choosy they say
Everything must be this way
I just keep believing some way
There's gonna be a brighter day
Beggars can't be choosy they say
Everything must be this way
I just keep believing some way
There's gonna be a brighter day
Hard to believe so many live this way
The problem's getting bigger each and every day

I can't believe I lost my job
The next thing I knew I had to face the landlord
I couldn't believe I paid the rent
Soon as I'd get the money that my mother-in-law sent
Now I'm on the streets with my family too
I don't know what to do, could you do too
I heard somebody scream, I can't take no more
Where you gonna go, it's getting cold
And your body's moving slow

Beggars can't be choosy they say (That's what they say)
Everything must be this way
I just keep believing some way (Some way)
There's gonna be a brighter day
Some day there will be a brighter day)
Beggars can't be choosy they say (No)
Everything must be this way (Woo-hoo)
I just keep believing some way (Keep believing)
There's gonna be a brighter day (Brighter day)
Beggars can't be choosy they say (That's what they say)
Everything must be this way
I just keep believing some way (I know somewhere)
There's gonna be a brighter day (Brighter, brighter, brighter day)