[Verse]

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

If I were a secret, Lord, I never would be told

If I were a jug of wine, Lord, my flavor would be old

I could be most anything

But it got to be twenty-four karat solid gold, oh

If I were a gambler, You know I'd never lose

And if I were a guitar player

Lord, I'd have to play the blues

If I was a hacksaw, My blade would be razor sharp

If I were a politician, I could prove that monkeys talk

You can find the tallest building

Lord, I'd have me the house on top

Oh, let's go!

All right, keep going!

I'm the penthouse pauper

I got nothing to my name

I'm the penthouse pauper; baby

I got nothing to my name

I can be most anything

Because when you got nothing it's all the same

Oh, let's move to this song!

Lord, look at my penthouse