Bastille - What would you do

^AmBoys and girls, wanna hear a true story? ^FSaturday night was at this real wild party ^CThere was liquor overflowin' the cup, ^GAbout 5 or 6 strippers trying to work for a buck. ^AmSo I took one girl outside with me, ^FHer name was Londy, she went to Junior High with me, ^CI said, "Why you up in there dancing for cash? ^GI guess a whole lot's changed since I seen you last."

^AmWhat would you do if your son was at home ^FCrying all alone on the bedroom floor, ^CCause he's hungry and the only way to feed him is to ^GSleep with a man for a little bit of money? ^AmAnd his daddy's gone in and out of lock down, ^FI ain't got a job now, he's just smokin' rock now, ^CSo for you this is just a good time ^GBut for me this is what I call life

^AmGirl, you ain't the only one to have a baby, ^FThat's no excuse to be living all crazy ^CSo she stared me right square in the eye ^GAnd said, "Everyday I wake up, hoping to die" ^AmShe said, "They're gonna know about pain ^F'Cause me and my sister ran away so our daddy couldn't rape us, ^CBefore I was a teenager ^GI done been through more shit you can't even relate to"

^AmWhat would you do if your son was at home ^FCrying all alone on the bedroom floor, ^CCause he's hungry and the only way to feed him is to ^GSleep with a man for a little bit of money? ^AmAnd his daddy's gone in and out of lock down, ^FI ain't got a job now, he's just smokin' rock now, ^CSo for you this is just a good time ^GBut for me this is what I call life

^Am(What would you do?) Get up off my feet and stop making tired excuses ^F(What would you do?) Get up off my feet and stop making tired excuses ^C(What would you do?) Get up off my feet and stop making tired excuses ^G(What would you do?) Get up off my feet!

^AmWhat would you do if your son was at home ^FCrying all alone on the bedroom floor, ^CCause he's hungry and the only way to feed him is to ^GSleep with a man for a little bit of money? ^AmAnd his daddy's gone in and out of lock down, ^FI ain't got a job now, he's just smokin' rock now, ^CSo for you this is just a good time ^GBut for me this is what I call life

^AmWhat would you do if your son was at home ^FCrying all alone on the bedroom floor, ^CCause he's hungry and the only way to feed him is to ^GSleep with a man for a little bit of money? ^AmAnd his daddy's gone in and out of lock down, ^FI ain't got a job now, he's just smokin' rock now, ^CSo for you this is just a good time ^GBut for me this is what I call life

^AmWhat would you do if your son was at home ^FCrying all alone on the bedroom floor, ^CCause he's hungry