Alicia Keys: Underdog

she was walking in the street
looked up and noticed
he was nameless
he was homeless
she asked him his name and
told him what hers was
he gave her a story
about life
whit a glint in his eye
and a corner of a smile
one conversation
a simple moment
the things that change us
if we notice
when we look up sometimes

they said i would never make it
but I was built to break the mold
the only dream that I been chasing
is my own

so I sing a song for the hustlers
trading at the bus stop
single mothers
waiting on a check to come
young teachers
student doctors
sons on the front line
knowing they don’t get to run
this goes out to the underdog
keep on keeping at what you love
you’ll find that somebody soon enough
you will rise up , rise up, yeah

she’s riding in a taxi
back to kitchen
talking to the driver
about his wife and his children
on the run form a country
where they put you n proson
for being a woman
and speaking your mind
sje looked in his eyes
in the mirror and he smiled
one conversation
a single moment
the things that change us
if we notice
when we look up sometimes

they said i would never make it
but I was built to break the mold
the only dream that I been chasing
is my own

so I sing a song for the hustlers
trading at the bus stop
single mothers
waiting on a check to come
young teachers
student doctors
sons on the front line
knowing they don’t get to run
this goes out to the underdog
keep on keeping at what you love
you’ll find that somebody soon enough
you will rise up , rise up, yeah

everybody rise up
everybody rise up

so I sing a song for the hustlers
trading at the bus stop
single mothers
waiting on a check to come
young teachers
student doctors
sons on the front line
knowing they don’t get to run
this goes out to the underdog
keep on keeping at what you love
you’ll find that somebody soon enough
you will rise up , rise up, yeah