Squared Up

Sometimes this world is going to beat you down beat you down to the ground You gotta square up and take it on the chin and get ready for another round There is no easy path there is no easy way The only luck you can ever count on is the luck that you make Life ain't easy and life ain't fair We've all got our burdens to bare You can let those burdens bury you Or you can stand up and fight When you're standing all alone and you're on your own and the world's coming down around you You gotta clench your fists tight and get ready to fight because that's what you know to do You might be beaten but you'll never be broken you will rise again It's not the first and it won't be the last you will never give in This world is a cold hard place and there's no room for the weak You can stand and fight or fall in line and just be another sheep We were never born to follow we stand apart from the crowd One step forward two steps back still we make it through somehow We always find a way a way to rise above We've felt the pain seen the dark days still we carry on