Now, if I was a bricklayer
I wouldn't build just anything
And if I was a ball player
I wouldn't play no second string
And if I were some jewelry, baby
Lord, I'd have to be a diamond ring
Lord, I never would be told
And if I were a jug of wine
Lord, my flavor would be old
But it got to be twenty-four karat solid gold, oh
If I were a guitar player
Lord, I'd have to play the blues
And if I were a politician
I could prove that monkey talk
You can find the tallest building
Lord, I'd have me the house on top
I'm the penthouse pauper, baby
When you got nothin' it's all the same
Oh, let's do it, do it, go
Lord, look at my penthouse