Ratih ‘Love’

It’s about a week ago, I went to a traditional market. I saw a skinny poor old woman, selling some veggies which were not vary and not attractive ones. She didn’t have her own stall, so she just put her goods in some corner. She’s very nice. She’s old, but she’s trying to keep on making money for a life.

The view makes some thoughts flashed in my head. ‘How if my mom were in her position?’ ‘How if I were in position?’ ‘What does she feel being in that situation?’ ‘How much does she get per day?’ ‘How does she live her life with that little money?’ and another and another…

On the way home, I heard Brandy’s Another Day in Paradise from somewhere, and this feeling just sucked me in and at a sudden, water just filled my eyes.

BRANDY LYRICS

"Another Day In Paradise"
(feat. Ray J)

She calls out to the man on the street
"Sir can you help me?"
It’s cold and I’ve no where to sleep,
is there somewhere you can tell me?

He walks on, doesn’t look back
He pretends he can’t hear her
Starts to whistle as he crosses the street
Seems embarrassed to be there

Oh, think twice, ’cause it’s just another day

for you
and me in paradise
Oh, think twice, ’cause it’s just another day

for you,
You and me in paradise

She calls out to the man on the street
He can see she’s been crying
She’s got blisters on the soles of her feet
She can’t walk but she’s trying

Oh, think twice, ’cause it’s just another day

for
and me in paradise
Oh, think twice, ’cause It’s just another day

for you,
You and me in paradise

Oh lord, is there nothing more anybody can do
Oh lord, there must be something you can say

You can tell from the lines on her face
You can see that she’s been there
Probably been moved on from every place
‘Cause she didn’t fit in there

Oh, think twice, ’cause it’s just another day

for
and me in paradise
Oh, think twice, ’cause It’s just another day

for you,
You and me in paradise

Just think about it

It’s just another day for you and me in

Paradise
It’s just another day for you and me in

Paradise
It’s just another day for you and me in

Paradise

Stacie Orrico - Instead

I saw him shaking his change in a coffee cup
Asked for a dollar but I told the man to give it up
Said he’s hungry i dont think that it’s true
I bet my dollar he’d just spend it on booze
I turned my back on him and began to walk away
But then i heard a little voice inside me say
What if it’s really true? What if he’s hungry?
What if it’s not for him? Does he have a family?

How’d you get here
How’d you end up on the street
Where did you go wrong
Wonder what I’d do if it were me

Chorus:
A new point of view
A walk in your shoes
I wish I could get inside your head
To see what you see
When you look at me
Cause I could have lived your life instead

Verse2:
It was 90 degrees in the Summer heat
She was veiled in black all the way down to her feet
This is America doesn’t she know
Somebody take her shopping buy her some clothes
She came up to me I didn’t understand a word
I was about to leave then another thought occurred
She must be really lost scared and frustrated
I should try again to see what she’s saying

How’d you get here
How’d you get so far from home
What was it that made you leave
Wonder what I’d do if it were me

Chorus:
A new point of view
A walk in your shoes
I wish I could get inside your head
To see what you see when you look at me
Cause I could have lived your life instead

I wanna see oh see what you see
And I wanna feel oh feel just what you feel

Chorus(2x)

Cuz I could have lived your life instead(2x)