Sung by flash, spivs & floosies.Flash: they call me the scum of the earth.They say I’m the scab of the nation.But deep inside I’m only human.Just an ordinary man.With ordinary plans.They say I’m crooked and bent,They call me a rogue and a villain,But if they could see deep inside meThey’d see a heart that once was pureBefore it touched the evils of this world,For if I cut myself I bleedAnd if I catch a cold I sneeze.Have I not eyes to help me see? Have I not lungs to help me breathe? Have I not hands, organs, sensesAnd affections just like you? Stop the music.Well ain’t I humanLike everybody else? Before you condemn me my friends,I suggest that you look deep inside youFor good and evilExist in all of us,And no man is a saintAnd each creates his heaven and his hell.Chorus: we know that he’s only a man.He’s got feelings and faultsJust like everyone else.Flash: so don’t put me down because I’ve done well,For even wide boys, hoods and spivsHave got the right to live.Chorus: we know we’re the scum of the earth,We know we’re the scab of the nation,But we’re your enemies and your brothersAnd no man is a saintAnd deep down we’re all the same as one another.
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