What It's Like

One of my favorite songs to listen to is What It's Like by Everlast. The group Everlast was at first a semi-popular rap trio. They had I think only one hit song in the 90's and I cant' even remember what it was called so it must be irrelevant. When they released their new album titled Whitey Ford sings the Blues it caused many people to go into a state of shock. It was a very depressing and bluesy album that nobody saw coming. The most powerful song from this album is What It's Like. This song talks about how many people look down on others. The first example is of a businessman passing by a hobo and cursing him out for being poor. The second is about a girl who got pregnant from a dude that left her and how she was taking heat for going to get an abortion. The third is about a boy who was desperate for money who got involved in drugs and ended up dead. The moral of these stories is that we have no idea what these people are going through. We have never taken a single step in their shoes. We don't know what it's like.