i see the people livin in the street no food and no shoes to wear upon their feet they live in sqaulor,they've got nowhere to go their life is over and nobody knows what would you do if this happened to you could you make it could you take it the hunger and the achin all they do is sit and watch their time go by if not for the grace of god go i i dont know why its not me it would be so easy to change places with all those faces i thank god for all his graces i thank god in the sky if not for the grace of god go i i hope they forgive for the life we live you havent been where they've been you havent lived in so much sin young women and men thats all their is theirs noplace for them to run somebodys daughter somebody's son the life i live has been a lie they sit and watch their time go by if not for the grace of god go i what in the world is going on this country is so strong its built on freedom and liberty but they dont live like you and me i try not to cry if not for the grace of god go i the life they live i dont know why if not for the grace of god go i they sit and watch their time go by if not for the grace of god go i