All this weight that's put on my back 

What's it gonna take to make it crack 

It takes all I've got just to get by 

Can't get ahead no matter what I try 

Think everything I do is wrong 

And that I have waited for too long 

To do what's right and be a man 

You could never understand 



I won't break my stride 

I'll never lose my pride 



Well all I've got it's all for me 

I won't live for your society 

It takes all I've got just to make ends meet 

So what I've got it belongs to me 

The ones that matter stick by my side 

And give me strength to stay in stride