Lyrics
[verse]
Rent keeps climbing but my check stays the same
Working double shifts, still can't win this game
Taxes take a bite before I get my share
Feels like the system's built to keep me here
[verse]
Sirens on the corner, kids without a chance
Every headline dressed up in a different dance
But the story never changes, just the date
Trying to survive inside a rigged debate
[chorus]
Makes me wanna holler, throw both my hands up high
Makes me wanna holler at this crazy way of life
Somebody tell me when the weight's gonna ease
Makes me wanna holler, bring me to my knees
[verse]
Crime in the streets but nobody asks why
Poverty's a cage that they don't wanna untie
Talk about the future while the present falls apart
Somebody's gotta listen to the city's heart
[chorus]
Makes me wanna holler, throw both my hands up high
Makes me wanna holler at this crazy way of life
Somebody tell me when the weight's gonna ease
Makes me wanna holler, bring me to my knees
[bridge]
Still I rise each morning, still I punch the clock
Still I keep on walking though the whole road's blocked
One day the weight will lift, one day we'll be free
Till then I'm hollering just to breathe
[chorus]
Makes me wanna holler, throw both my hands up high
Makes me wanna holler at this crazy way of life
Somebody tell me when the weight's gonna ease
Makes me wanna holler, bring me to my knees
