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