Been beaten up and chewed on and spat out cold.
Short changed underpaid and over sold,
Some people say I?ve been the victim of my own success,
I can?t explain it I?m just lucky I guess
I played the game for what it was and got hung out to dry,
They through me to the lions for telling a lie
The way that people talk to you though, I could have hung for less
But don?t blame me boy I?m just lucky I guess
She backs me and I?ll build her a boat
Throw me overboard and I swear that id float
There?s nothing you can do to me that I haven?t done to myself
I?ve been in the trenches with the pimps and the thefts.
I?ve waded through the mud till it was up to my knees
I?ve seen thing that would make the laughing cavalier depressed
But the way I see it I?m just lucky I guess
I?ve meet every sweet talking judge in this town
They never love it more than when there sending you down
Now I?m just another number doing time with the rest
Me and my friends are just lucky I guess
I anit goanna cry no more tears anymore
There?s nothing you can show me I anit seen before
Down in the brown patch is where I was born and raised
Been uptown in this-week?s great white hope
Ive been strung along and always given just enough rope
I?ve done what I was told, done my best to please
Now when they see me they don?t ever lie to me