Dear Ms. Alecia Beth
Dear Ms. Alecia Beth, thank you for this invitation
I’m happy to come take a walk with you and to have this conversation
About all the things you ask and the current situation
When I see the homeless I think to myself that it’s a shame
To live in a land full of players and still not learn the game
There’ll always be winners and losers as everybody knows
It sucks for the losers, but that’s how it goes
That’s how I sleep fine while some of us cry
That’s how I dream my sweet dreams in the middle of the night
That’s how I walk with my head held high
Because it’s easy to sleep at night when you’re in the right
Dear Ms. Alecia Beth, about the children left behind
If you bothered to speak with them I’d bet that this is what you’d find
When they are young and in school they don’t spend much time in class
And they didn’t work very hard to make sure that they would pass
The pleasures of sex, drugs and drink can affect us all the same
But Jesus can save you from whiskey and cocaine
That’s how I sleep fine while some of us cry
That’s how I dream sweet dreams in the middle of the night
That’s how I hold my head up high
And find it easy to sleep at night
Now let me tell you about hard work
Staying in school and getting good grades
Let me tell you about hard work
Running a business that gets people paid
Let me tell you about hard work
Leading a nation that everyone hates
Let me tell you about hard work
Hard work, hard work
You don’t know shit about hard work
Hard work, hard work
It’s easy to write a song
Not so easy to right what’s wrong
Dear Ms. Alecia Beth, would I like to walk with you?
No thanks
