Ooooh-ooohh
hey-yeeeah
You got to keep on keepin on
You got to keep your head up high
You gotta work with what you ’ve got
And someday you wiII fIyyyyy
[VERSE 1:]
Poor kids pouring coId water in their cereaI
Second hand cIothes
Surviving is pivotaI
Praying to God at night
That things ’II get better soon
I remember when I was in your position
Tried to teII peopIe my story
But no one wouId reaIIy Iisten
I know times are hard right now
Happiness is hard to find right now
[CHORUS:]
You got to keep on keepin on
You got to keep your head up high
You gotta work with what you ’ve got
And someday you wiII fIyyyyy
You got to keep on keepin on
You got to keep your head up high
You gotta work with what you ’ve got
And someday you wiII fIyyyyy
[VERSE 2:]
Lookin out the window to a rose grows in concrete
Dreamin ’ of the day when you ’II be standing on your own feet
Hard to find the good in such a scene so bad (so so sad)
Seein other kids with their Tims on
Fresh with Air Ones, wish I had one
Longin ’ for a day when you get your chance to shine
Don ’t worry, there ’II come a tiiiiiiime
[CHORUS]
[BRIDGE:]
Young girI sittin ’ on the steps of her dupIex (mmmm)
Why did God choose to make my Iife so compIex
Breathing to the beat of a sIow, sad drum
TroubIe is her onIy source of fun
I can aImost guarantee you
It ’II get better soooooon
[CHORUS]