Living hungry
Makes an honest man into a thief
Living hungry
Leaves a person desperate for relief

But I've never stolen
Though my belly's gotten swollen
And I know I'm not a saint but just a fool

Although I may starve
And the world has made me hard
I will never let it make me cruel

And I don't believe it
When they try to make me see that it's all right
'Cause sometimes what's certain
Doesn't come to the deserving
That's just life
Those who don't believe in luck
Are the luckiest of all
They've never had to beg
And they've never had to fall
Don't know what it's like to fail
Don't know what it's like to lose
Don't know nothing about living
'Cause they've never, ever paid their dues

Living hungry
Sends a man to an early grave
Living hungry
So many of us could be saved

But you just ignore us
Or you hate and you abhor us
Every one of us who play these hunger games

Some of us will eat
Get to sit down to the feast
All the rest will die before you learn our names

And I don't believe it
When they try to make me see that it's all right
'Cause sometimes what's certain
Doesn't come to the deserving
That's just life
Those who don't believe in luck
Are the luckiest of all
They've never had to beg
And they've never had to fall
Don't know what it's like to fail
Don't know what it's like to lose
Don't know nothing about living
Now it's time to make them pay their dues
C'mon, make 'em pay now!

Living hungry
Makes a man question what he's worth
Living hungry
Damages in ways you can't discern

When everybody blames you
And they curse you and they shame you
And they try to tell you this is all your fault

But they're just afraid
'Cause you worked as hard as they
And where you go, so go they all

And I don't believe it
When they try to make me see that it's all right
'Cause sometimes what's certain
Doesn't come to the deserving
That's just life
Those who don't believe in luck
Are the luckiest of all
They've never had to beg
And they've never had to fall
Don't know what it's like to fail
Don't know what it's like to lose
Don't know nothing about living
Will they ever, ever pay their dues?
Will they ever lose?
I'm still waiting