i see this as a tongue in cheek narrative. The narrator is telling a less fortunate person about how they can "make it," even in the face of adversity, but he offers no substantial help (somebody else will-"someone's bound to give you a break"). The narrator ends up being an evangelist, offering one solution to all of the guy's problems, somehow getting into a church will solve is problems ("here is what is in it for you"). The song is called "the pitch" because this is a basic structure of an evangelistic "pitch": you obviously have problems--come to my church and God will solve them for you. The emphasis is not on what it means to have faith and love God, but on what God can do for you. The narrator offers no real physical help for the person in need, it seems like he is merely trying to score points for God.
i see this as a tongue in cheek narrative. The narrator is telling a less fortunate person about how they can "make it," even in the face of adversity, but he offers no substantial help (somebody else will-"someone's bound to give you a break"). The narrator ends up being an evangelist, offering one solution to all of the guy's problems, somehow getting into a church will solve is problems ("here is what is in it for you"). The song is called "the pitch" because this is a basic structure of an evangelistic "pitch": you obviously have problems--come to my church and God will solve them for you. The emphasis is not on what it means to have faith and love God, but on what God can do for you. The narrator offers no real physical help for the person in need, it seems like he is merely trying to score points for God.