People Like Us

[Verse 1] Mike's a pipeline welder, Kim's a drive-thru teller Johnny's a drug dealer, Bob's a concrete sealer Terry is a soldier, Tom's a church league bowler We are liars and lawyers, lovers, sisters, brothers [Chorus] People like us watch the blues on TV Get so angry, blame it on DC People like us, all God's children If we're willing, we can be building a tomorrow we can trust But it's up to people like us [Verse 2] We wear Jordans, we wear flip-flops We wear wingtips and Luccheses with tube socks And we wear high heels and we wear work boots But we won't ever know each other 'til we walk a mile in each other's shoes [Chorus] People like us watch the blues on TV Get so angry, blame it on DC People like us, all God's children If we're willing, we can be building a tomorrow we can trust But it's up to people like us [Bridge] We can point the finger, there's enough blame to go around I wonder what would happen if we turned that finger around? [Chorus] Yeah, people like us, we're a preacher with a dream Put a man on the moon, we can do anything Yeah, people like us, we're all God's children If we're willing, we can be building a tomorrow we can trust But it's up to people like us [Outro] I believe in people like us