You Don't See Me

You don't see me when I'm tryna do right

Maybe you can see me now

You don't see me when I be tryna do right

Maybe you gonna see me now

When I was walkin', pattin' my feet on the pavement

Really truly tryna find a gig

Did you stand up and speak out in my favor?

Cold desperation, she's a devil in bed

Scratching till my bones are bare

Pills and needles are all I've left to savor

You don't see me when I'm tryna do right

Maybe you gonna see me now, yeah

You don't see me when I be tryna do right

Maybe, honey, you can see me now

We were walkin' and I told you

Of how my shoes were wearin' thin

You took your surplus and traded for a favor

Now, I'm demented and I'm burned into a cinder

Forty hours buys a grocery bag for trash

I took my pistol and I made myself a sinner, no, no

Will this universe be merciful at last?

You don't see me

You don't see me

I get so tired of trying to attract your attention

(Woo)

You don't see me when I'm tryna do right

Honey, can you, can you see me now?

Ooh

You don't see me when I be tryna do right

Maybe you gon' see me now

Yes, ah, yes

It has occurred to me that you don't see me

And you don't, won't see me

It has occurred to me that you don't see me

And you don't, won't see me

It has occurred to me that you don't seem to see me

Well, you don't, you won't see me

It has occurred to me that you don't see me

You don't, you won't see me

It has occurred to me that

You should go right ahead

I'm gon' go ahead

I know you gon' go ahead

You gon' do what you wan' do

I know you, see, I see you, I watch you

You take the money and run

You take the groceries and run, too

Don't leave nothin' left for me

You 're runnin' and hidin'

Duckin' and hidin'

You're runnin' and hidin', now I can't find you nowhere

I'll beat yo' mama

I'll beat yo' daddy

I'll go to jail

It don't make not much of a  difference what happens to me

Gonna be there in my own time, in my own way

'Cause you don't see me

You don't see me, I'm in your mirror

You don't see me, me

You don't see, yeah, yeah

You don't see me when I'm tryna do right

Maybe you can see me now

Hey, hey

You don't see me when I be tryna do right

Maybe you can see me now

You don't see me when I'm tryna do right

Maybe you gon' see me tryna do right

Maybe you can see me now