My life, my life I’ve been fightin’ it all my life My life, all my life I’ve been fightin’ it all my life
I’m a father, I’m a fighter, I am tough It’s not the working for peanuts that’s rough It’s not the sending every dime home The denied every time loan It was all the other stuff The hold down, the run around, the stacked deck I’m outworking you but for a different coloured check
Damn you my impeder In me, I am a believer Despite your spike belts I will not be slowed
I know there’s no easy roads I know there’s no easy roads Easy roads, easy roads There are no easy roads
I’m white, I’m middle class, embarrassed I got bad luck when it comes to parents If your white you might meet em, think they a-ok Born of another mother brother, KKK I felt like a human barcode, programmed to hate mode 17 years old, solo I must go
I know there’s no easy roads I know there’s no easy roads
My life, my life I’ve been fightin’ it all my life My life, all my life I’ve been fightin’ it all my life
I said I’m tired and I’m sick, you’re a liar, full of shit It’s the same old shtick, and I just can’t support it I slammed down the phone, never felt more alone Single mother ship adrift, with a toddler on my hip Begging for a greyhound trip
I don’t need you to mention to me You see the tension in me I know it, I own it, I hold it, this poker hand, I’d fold it I’m starting to feel the gravity of three mouths full of cavities Can somebody help me please?
My life, my life I’ve been fightin’ it all my life My life, oh my life I’ve been fightin’ it all my life