Lyrics & Translation
[English]
♪ 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 About 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 ♪
♪ They said I would never make it but I was built to break the mold ♪
♪ The only dream that I been chasing is my own ♪
♪ 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 ♪
♪ 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 ♪
♪ They said I would never make it ♪
♪ But I was built to break the mold ♪
♪ The only dream that I been chasing Is my own ♪
♪ 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 ♪
♪ Everybody rise up ♪
♪ You gonna rise up Hey ♪
♪ 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 ♪
Key Vocabulary
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walk /wɔːk/ A1 |
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name /neɪm/ A1 |
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story /ˈstɔːri/ A2 |
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change /tʃeɪndʒ/ A2 |
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dream /driːm/ A2 |
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hustler /ˈhʌs.lər/ B2 |
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rise /raɪz/ B1 |
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moment /ˈmoʊ.mənt/ B1 |
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smile /smaɪl/ A1 |
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taxi /ˈtæksi/ A1 |
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country /ˈkʌntri/ A2 |
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woman /ˈwʊmən/ A1 |
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child /tʃaɪld/ A1 |
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front /frʌnt/ A2 |
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check /tʃɛk/ B1 |
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Key Grammar Structures
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They said I would never make it but I was built to break the mold.
➔ Conditional sentences (Type 1 and Type 2)
➔ The phrase "They said I would never make it" is a Type 1 conditional, expressing a real possibility, while "I was built to break the mold" suggests a hypothetical situation.
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The only dream that I been chasing is my own.
➔ Present perfect continuous tense
➔ The phrase "I been chasing" uses the present perfect continuous tense to indicate an action that started in the past and continues to the present.
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Keep on keeping at what you love.
➔ Gerunds and infinitives
➔ The phrase "Keep on keeping at" uses gerunds to express ongoing actions or states.
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You will rise up.
➔ Future simple tense
➔ The phrase "You will rise up" uses the future simple tense to express a promise or prediction about the future.
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One conversation, a simple moment.
➔ Noun phrases
➔ The phrase "One conversation, a simple moment" uses noun phrases to convey meaning succinctly.
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Young teachers, student doctors.
➔ Compound nouns
➔ The phrase "Young teachers, student doctors" uses compound nouns to describe specific groups of people.
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For being a woman and speaking your mind.
➔ Gerund as a subject
➔ The phrase "For being a woman and speaking your mind" uses gerunds to express actions that are the subject of the sentence.
