Am   F
Ooh, ooh, ooh
          G
Ooh, ooh, ooh
     Am   G
Ooh, ooh, ooh
          G
Ooh, ooh, ooh

                Am                     
She was walking in the street
               F
Looked up and noticed
        G                  C   Bm7
He was nameless, he was homeless
                 Am                      F
She asked him his name and told him what hers was
                 G
He gave her a story 'bout life
                    Am                      F
With a glint in his eye and a corner of a smile
          G                  C  Bm7
One conversation, a simple moment
                Am                 F
The things that change us if we notice
         G
When we look up sometimes

         Am             G
They said I would never make it
          G                C  Bm7
But I was built to break the mold
          Am                   F             G  
The only dream that I've been chasing is my own

                         Am                      F
So I sing a song for the hustlers trading at the bus stop
         G                  C   Bm7
Single mothers waiting on a check to come
         Am             F   
Young teachers, student doctors
             G                                C  Bm7
Sons on the front line knowing they don't get to run
 Am                  F
This goes out to the underdog
 G                       C  Bm7
Keep on keeping at what you love
       Am                 F
You'll find that someday soon enough
         G
You will rise up, rise up, yeah

       Am   F
Ooh, ooh, ooh
            G
Ooh, ooh, ooh
       Am   G
Ooh, ooh, ooh
            G
Ooh, ooh, ooh

                  Am               F
She's riding in a taxi back to the kitchen
               G                              C  Bm7
Talking to the driver 'bout his wife and his children
                  Am                            F
On the run from a country where they put you in prison
            G
For being a woman and speaking your mind
                  Am                        F
She looked in his eyes in the mirror and he smiled
          G                  C  Bm7
One conversation, a single moment
                  Am            F
The things that change us if we notice
         G         C  Bm7
When we look up sometimes

          Am            G
They said I would never make it
          G                  C  Bm7
But I was built to break the mold
         Am                    F             G
The only dream that I've been chasing is my own

                         Am                     F     
So I sing a song for the hustlers trading at the bus stop                                          
        G                    C  Bm7
Single mothers waiting on a check to come
      Am                F
Young teachers, student doctors
            G                                  C  Bm7
Sons on the front line knowing they don't get to run
 Am                  F    
This goes out to the underdog
 G              C  Bm7
Keep on keeping at what you love
       Am                 F
You'll find that someday soon enough
         G
You will rise up, rise up, yeah
 
       Am   F
Ooh, ooh, ooh
            G
Ooh, ooh, ooh
          Am     F  G  C  Bm7
Everybody rise up
          Am     F  G
You gonna rise up, ayy

                         Am                      F
So I sing a song for the hustlers trading at the bus stop
       G                    C  Bm7
Single mothers waiting on a check to come (single mothers)
       Am               F
Young teachers, student doctors (yeah)
            G                                 C  Bm7 
Sons on the front line knowing they don't get to run
 Am                  F
This goes out to the underdog
 G              C  Bm7
Keep on keeping at what you love
       Am                 F
You'll find that someday soon enough
          G
You will rise up, rise up, yeah

        Am  F
Ooh, ooh, ooh
            G
Ooh, ooh, ooh
        Am  G
Ooh, ooh, ooh
            G
Ooh, ooh, ooh

[Outro] Am  F  G  C 
        Bm7  Am  F  G