What Would You Do? - Bastille

Oh, oh-oh

Oh, oh-oh

Oh, oh-oh

Oh, oh-oh

Boys and girls, wanna hear a true story?

Saturday night, was at this real wild party

There was liquor overflowin' the cup

About five or six strippers trying to work for a buck

So I took one girl outside with me

Her name was Londi, she went to Junior High with me

I said, "Why you up in there dancing for cash?

I guess a whole lot's changed since I seen you last"

She said, "What would you do if your son was at home

Crying all alone on the bedroom floor

'Cause he's hungry, and the only way to feed him is to

Sleep with a man for a little bit of money?

And his daddy's gone in and out of lockdown

I ain't got a job now, he's just smokin' rock now

So for you, this is just a good time

But for me, this is what I call life"

"Girl, you ain't the only one to have a baby

That's no excuse to be living all crazy"

So she stared me right square in the eye

And said, "Every day, I wake up, hoping to die"

She said, "My God, I know about the pain

'Cause me and my sister ran away so our daddy couldn't rape us

Before I was a teenager, I done an' been through more of that shit you can't even relate to"

"What would you do if your son was at home

Crying all alone on the bedroom floor

'Cause he's hungry, and the only way to feed him is to

Sleep with a man for a little bit of money?

And his daddy's gone in and out of lockdown

I ain't got a job now, he's just smokin' rock now

So for you, this is just a good time

But for me, this is what I call life"

What would you do?

"Get up off my feet and stop making tired excuses"

What would you do?

"Get up off my feet and stop making tired excuses"

What would you do?

"Get up off my feet and stop making tired excuses"

What would you do?

"Get up off my feet!"

"What would you do if your son was at home

Crying all alone on the bedroom floor

'Cause he's hungry, and the only way to feed him is to

Sleep with a man for a little bit of money?

And his daddy's gone in and out of lockdown

I ain't got a job now, he's just smokin' rock now

So for you, this is just a good time

But for me, this is what I call life"

What would you do if your son was at home

Crying all alone on the bedroom floor

'Cause he's hungry, and the only way to feed him is to

Sleep with a man for a little bit of money?

And his daddy's gone in and out of lockdown

I ain't got a job now, he's just smokin' rock now

So for you, this is just a good time

But for me, this is what I call life"

What would you do if your son was at home

Crying all alone on the bedroom floor

'Cause he's hungry...