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Underdog
Alicia Keys
03:28
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[Intro:]
Ooh, ooh, ooh!
Ooh, ooh, ooh!

[Verse 1:]
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 'bout life
With 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.

[Pre-Chorus:]
They said I would never make it
But I was built to break the mold,
The only dream that I've been chasing is my own.

[Chorus:]
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 someday soon enough
You will rise up, rise up, yeah!

[Post-Chorus:]
Ooh, ooh, ooh!
Ooh, ooh, ooh!

[Verse 2:]
She's riding in a taxi back to the kitchen
Talking to the driver 'bout his wife and his children,
On the run from a country where they put you in prison
For being a woman and speaking your mind,
She 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.

[Pre-Chorus:]
They said I would never make it
But I was built to break the mold,
The only dream that I've been chasing is my own.

[Chorus:]
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 someday soon enough
You will rise up, rise up, yeah!

[Post-Chorus:]
Ooh, ooh, ooh!
Ooh, ooh, ooh!

[Bridge:]
Everybody rise up,
You gonna rise up, ayy!

[Chorus:]
So I sing a song for the hustlers trading at the bus stop,
Single mothers waiting on a check to come, (Single mothers)
Young teachers, student doctors, (Yeah)
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 someday soon enough
You will rise up, rise up, yeah!

[Post-Chorus:]
Ooh, ooh, ooh!
Ooh, ooh, ooh!
Ooh, ooh, ooh!
Ooh, ooh, ooh!

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