[Intro]
  Am   F    C 
Ooh, ooh, ooh 
  Am   F    C 
Ooh, ooh, ooh
[Verse]
                       Am            
She was walking in the street, looked
         F 
 up and noticed 
She was walking in the street, looked up and noticed 
       G                       G/B 
He was nameless, he was homeless 
                 Am                
She asked him his name and told him
     F 
 what hers was 
She asked him his name and told him what hers was 
              G 
He gave her a story 'bout life 
                    Am              
With a glint in his eye and a corner
      F 
 of a smile 
With a glint in his eye and a corner of a smile 
           G               C     
One conversation, a simple moment
  G/B 
 
One conversation, a simple moment 
                Am             
The things that change us if we
 F 
 notice 
The things that change us if we notice 
        G 
When we look up sometimes
[Pre-Chorus]
          Am            F 
They said I would never make it 
          G                  C   
But I was built to break the mold
  G/B 
 
But I was built to break the mold 
         Am                   F      
The only dream that I've been chasing
       G 
 is my own
The only dream that I've been chasing is my own
[Chorus]
                         Am      
So I sing a song for the hustlers
                F 
 trading at the bus stop 
So I sing a song for the hustlers trading at the bus stop 
       G                    C       
Single mothers waiting on a check to
 G/B 
 come 
Single mothers waiting on a check to come 
      Am                F 
Young teachers, student doctors 
            G                      
Sons on the front line knowing they
       C      G/B 
 don't get to run 
Sons on the front line knowing they don't get to run 
Am                   F 
This goes out to the Underdog 
G                  C        G/B 
Keep on keeping at what you love 
       Am                F 
You'll find that someday soon enough
 
You'll find that someday soon enough 
         G 
You will rise up, rise up, yeah
[Post-Chorus]
Am   F    G   C  G/B 
Ooh, ooh, ooh 
Am   F    G   C  G/B 
Ooh, ooh, ooh
[Verse]
                  Am              
She's riding in a taxi back to the
 F 
 kitchen 
She's riding in a taxi back to the kitchen 
               G                    
Talking to the driver 'bout his wife
                  G/B 
 and his children 
Talking to the driver 'bout his wife and his children 
                  Am                
On the run from a country where they
            F 
 put you in prison 
On the run from a country where they put you in prison 
            G 
For being a woman and speaking your
 mind 
For being a woman and speaking your mind 
                  Am                
She looked in his eyes in the mirror
        F 
 and he smiled 
She looked in his eyes in the mirror and he smiled 
           G               C     
One conversation, a single moment
  G/B 
 
One conversation, a single moment 
                Am             
The things that change us if we
 F 
 notice 
The things that change us if we notice 
        G 
When we look up sometimes
[Pre-Chorus]
          Am            F 
They said I would never make it 
          G                  C   
But I was built to break the mold
  G/B 
 
But I was built to break the mold 
         Am                   F      
The only dream that I've been chasing
       G 
 is my own
The only dream that I've been chasing is my own
[Chorus]
                         Am      
So I sing a song for the hustlers
                F 
 trading at the bus stop 
So I sing a song for the hustlers trading at the bus stop 
       G                    C       
Single mothers waiting on a check to
 G/B 
 come 
Single mothers waiting on a check to come 
      Am                F 
Young teachers, student doctors 
            G                      
Sons on the front line knowing they
       C      G/B 
 don't get to run 
Sons on the front line knowing they don't get to run 
Am                   F 
This goes out to the Underdog 
G                  C        G/B 
Keep on keeping at what you love 
       Am                F 
You'll find that someday soon enough
 
You'll find that someday soon enough 
         G 
You will rise up, rise up, yeah
[Post-Chorus]
Am   F    G   C  G/B 
Ooh, ooh, ooh 
Am   F    G   C  G/B 
Ooh, ooh, ooh
[Bridge]
          Am       F G C G/B 
Everybody rise up 
          Am     F G 
You gonna rise up, ayy
[Chorus]
                         Am      
So I sing a song for the hustlers
                F 
 trading at the bus stop 
So I sing a song for the hustlers trading at the bus stop 
       G                    C       
Single mothers waiting on a check to
 G/B 
 come (Single mothers) 
Single mothers waiting on a check to come (Single mothers) 
      Am                F 
Young teachers, student doctors
 (Yeah) 
Young teachers, student doctors (Yeah) 
            G                      
Sons on the front line knowing they
       C      G/B 
 don't get to run 
Sons on the front line knowing they don't get to run 
Am                   F 
This goes out to the Underdog 
G                  C        G/B 
Keep on keeping at what you love 
       Am                F 
You'll find that someday soon enough
 
You'll find that someday soon enough 
         G 
You will rise up, rise up, yeah
[Post-Chorus]
Am   F    G   C  G/B 
Ooh, ooh, ooh 
Am   F    G   C  G/B 
Ooh, ooh, ooh 
Am   F    G   C  G/B 
Ooh, ooh, ooh 
Am   F    G   C  G/B 
Ooh, ooh, ooh