Hold My Own

It looks like the system
 tries to hold me down
 But guess what? I ain't fucking around
 You can't deny the pride
 that I have shown
 I grind hard and I must hold my own
 Coming from the gutter
 It's so hard to get ahead
 Taking no one's bullshit
 and working for my bread
 The future don't look positive,
 the rat race holds me down
 What a struggle keeping
 two feet on the ground
 Someday I'll have my peace of mind
 I'll keep fightin', one day I will find
 A decent life where self-respect is shown
 Until then I must hold my own
 Always under pressure
 I take things as they come
 Always looking up,
 look out for number one!
 My views got you in check,
 I never back down,
 I pack a hard punch,
 and I always stand my ground
 I - will not back down
 Holding my own, I stand my ground
 You will not break me
 My belief is my way can't you see?
 Coming from the gutter
 It's so hard to get ahead
 Taking no one's bullshit
 and working for my bread
 The future don't look positive,
 the rat race holds me down
 What a struggle keeping
 two feet on the ground
 Never back down
 Pain
 Agony - Inside my head
 Making me wish - wish that I was dead
 For all the dues in life that I have paid
 I've been caught
 locked in a world of rage
 I look inside myself,
 I see a great big blank
 I look around me
 and there is no one to thank
 I think about the crazy shit
 that I have done
 This game of life - can it be won?
 Pain
 Chorus:
 Pain - feel my agony
 as it turns into my rage
 in life full of anguish
 can't you see I live in
 Hell - becomes misery
 metamorphasizing hate
 I contemplate my demise
 can't you feel my pain?
 Searching for a better way
 In a world with it's eyes closed
 Hold your head up high (2X)
 Chorus