Everybody's Trying to Hold You Down
You're living on the other side
long before anyone ever thought that anyone can get there and make it all with pride
You made a milestone on your own
long before anyone comes up and breaks your spirit and shove you to the side
Everybody's trying to hold you down
Everybody's trying to hold you down
Everybody's trying to hold you down
Now as you come and wanna take your chance
the road isn't easy without any reason anyone can understand
What's the matter, what's the matter, what's the matter with this world
Why won't anybody leave us alone
Everybody's trying to hold you down
Everybody's trying to hold you down
Everybody's trying to hold you down
Everybody's trying to hold you down (everybody, ooh everybody)
Everybody's trying to make you go away (everybody, ooh everybody)
But you know what to do, and you know what you came here for
and you know it's not time to let it all go
But everybody's trying to hold you down
Everybody's trying to hold you down
Everybody's trying to hold you down
Everybody's trying to make you go away
But you know it ain't easy and you know it's not time to let go of it all
But everybody, everybody's trying to hold you down
Everybody's trying to hold you down