Those Less Fortunate Than I

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Verse One:

B
I don't have a lot, but I'm proud of
 what I've got
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I can't complain
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'Cause I see people hangin' round, 
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on the city streets downtown
          B
Living on pocket change
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There are times I've been confused,
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 felt that I was born to lose
       E
Oh, but I survived
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Unlike the one's who pray and feel 
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more than blessed each day
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To just be still alive

[Chorus #1]

         B
Is there something we can do
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Seems the odds against survival are
     E
 a million to one
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The only hope they have will die
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In the hearts of you and I if 
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nothing's ever done
       B
I can't save them by myself
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Oh but God forbid that I just turn 
   E
my head
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And walk on by
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Don't let me be a stranger to 
                      B  A
those less fortunate than I

Verse Two:

B                                 
Seems that old golden rule, that I
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 learned back in school
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Has lost its shine
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It's a crying shame, and I wonder 
could the blame
B
Be yours and mine
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Discipline was tough, and that old 
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principal was rough
E
But the times were good
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'Cause no one ever found one single 
child shot down
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In the neighborhood

[Chorus #2]

         B
Is there something we can do
          B7                       
Seems the odds against survival are
     E
 a million to one
            F#              G#m
'Cause everyday that passes by
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Another street gang victim dies
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And still there's nothing done
        B
I can't save them by myself
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Oh but God forbid that I just run 
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away somewhere and hide
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From the fear and the danger of 
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those less fortunate than I
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Lord don't let me be a stranger to 
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those less fortunate than I