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WATCH: Homeless man’s song goes viral

GAME ‘CHANGE’: Bronx singer James Percell’s “Everything Must Change” has become an Internet sensation.

GAME ‘CHANGE’: Bronx singer James Percell’s “Everything Must Change” has become an Internet sensation. (Dan Brinzac)

He doesn’t even own a computer, but a homeless Bronx man has hit the Internet’s 1million mark, thanks to his platinum pipes.

James Percell, 49, has drawn more than 1 million views of his song “Everything Must Change” since April.

“It’s a God-given gift,’’ Percell told The Post of his golden voice.

The curbside crooner made a run at fame and fortune in the spring, when he auditioned for TV’s “X-Factor.” But he was rejected, and Percell said it was because he’s homeless.

“The judge . . . said, ‘How can we contact you?’ [But] once he knew I was homeless, his persona changed. He said, ‘Well, listen, maybe next time,’ ” Percell said.

The would-be R&B star said he was also rejected by NBC”s “The Voice” earlier this year, but plans to give it another shot.

Percell, who spent three years behind bars upstate in Sing Sing for robbery and assault, said he has been homeless off and on since he left his parents’ Suffolk County home at age 18.

He said he survives doing odd jobs ranging from construction to modeling.

He lived on the streets in The Bronx until May, when he moved in with his children’s mother in Manhattan. He has seven kids who range in age from 5 to 28.

“I was in the wilderness living on the streets in The Bronx, near the Bruckner. I learned that people have an abundance of cold in their hearts. Everyone’s about dollars and cents,” Percell said.

He claimed to have once been a backup singer for R&B groups such as Jodeci and the hip-hoppers C+C Music Factory.

Percell said he wrote “Everything Must Change’’ hoping to give it to Michael Jackson, but then the Gloved One died.

“When I was going through [tough] things, I just kept hearing the melody. I wrote these few bars, and I wanted to get it to Michael Jackson,” he said.

While Percell attributes his talent to “a higher power,’’ he said his gift is also a curse, claiming that his dream of becoming a famous singer cost him a stable lifestyle.

“I live for the music. I live on the edge,” he said, “I took the wrong path. I ended up homeless chasing a dream.”

His bid for fame comes about a year and a half after homeless voice-over artist Ted Williams gained widespread fame after a reporter posted an interview with him and the Web clip went viral.