Spare me some change

C’mon man! Spare some change.

I’m asking you for a dollar

And you can’t even spare me a look.

I ask you for a quarter,

And you can’t even spare me a smile.

You look at me,

But you see straight through me.

To you, I am just part of the scenery.

I am a stroke of color

On this tapestry of depravity;

A problem no one can fix.

But while you try to forget that I exist,

I, see straight through you too.

You say, “if they wanted they could make a change”

But I say, “If you wanted, you could make a change”

Spare me some change.

You say, “Time is money, money is time”

Spare me some time.

Hey! Stranger! Look at me when you see me!

I am more than an ornament

Or a piece of furniture that belongs to this city.

I am a citizen here too;

These quarters that you step on are part of my suburb.

What can I say?  I fell down on my luck

And got stuck in the system.

I'm not lazy, I'm just stuck.

If getting out of my situation was easy, trust me,

I’d be living in one of your suburbs already!

If I’m here, alone,

It’s because my family turned its back on me.

If I’m here, asking for change,

It’s because I’m trying to make a change to my situation;

Using your change is how I make a change in my life.

"But, this change, you’ll use for God-knows-what!" Is what I hear you say.

And you’re right!

You might agree or you most likely would disagree

Yet, who are you to judge?

You look down on me

Thinking that you will serve me better by ignoring me.

Who are you to be judge over how I will spend your extra coin?

The money that your boss gives you,
Do you always invest it wisely?

Do you constantly spend it responsibly?

You feed your gluttony, your malady

I feed the necessity of my reality

Like you, I do what I know best to soothe the cravings of the body that I live in.
Ultimately, we both aim for the same things.
The only difference is that our budgets and realities differ.

Stranger, you fear that I might spare this change on drugs and worsen my condition?

I fear you cannot spare your time making a change and help me improve my condition.

Maybe if you spared some time to show you care,

I might not need my addiction to console this lonely heart.

Maybe if you took the time to help me build and pursue a dream,

I might not need this drug to help me forget

That I’m stuck,

Cuz no one'll spare me some change.