Just A Regular Guy
I’m just a regular guy
who lives down the street
I’m not that much different
from anyone that you’d meet.
I’m just a regular guy
who lives down the street.
I know that I’m lucky
to have food on the plate
to be 70 and healthy
and to harbor no hate.
I’m just a regular guy
who lives down the street.
Somebody asked me
to pick up the gun
I told him quite clearly
that i never owned even one.
I’m just a regular guy
who lives down the street.
I’ve seen lots of suffering
and unnecessary pain
I’ve never had answers
I just watch it rain.
I’m just a regular guy
who lives down the street.
This pandemic is wearing
me down every day
It’s not lettin up
In any serious way.
I’m just a regular guy
who lives down the street.
And the cities are burning
and people are dying
The wheels have stopped turning
Everyone’s crying.
I’m just a regular guy
who lives down the street.
You want answers
I don’t have any to give
I don’t even know the questions
about how I should live.
I’m just a regular guy
who lives down the street.
It’s hard enough
to do my work every day
To treat my family
in the best possible way.
I’m just a regular guy
who lives down the street.
I understand that my white skin
is why I can breathe
It’s why I have privilege
It’s why I won’t leave.
I’m just a regular guy
who lives down the street.
I have money for things
that I don’t even need
while others have nothing
for their families to feed.
I’m just a regular guy
who lives down the street.
I’ve seen through the years
how jealousy and hate
Can ransack the lives
of people ordered to wait.
I’m just a regular guy
who lives down the street.
I’ll never know what it’s like
to be hated and scorned
because of my color
to be battered and torn.
I’m just a regular guy
who lives down the street.
So I sit in my backyard
frozen in fear
and wonder aloud
how we all got here.
I’m just a regular guy
who lives down the street.
Can someone tell me
what am I supposed to do
Do we just tear it all down
And start everything new.
I’m just a regular guy
who lives down the street.
I am haunted by day
and all through the night
why wasn’t it me
who lost all the light.
I’m just a regular guy
who lives down the street.
I can see how the storm
is gathering strength
it will soon devastate
everything in its path.
I’m just a regular guy
who lives down the street.
We’ve built the land
on the backs of people
with brown skin
We’ve nailed their doors closed
And not let them in.
No excuses can be made
So many debts to be paid
I’m just a regular guy
who lives down the street.