I, wish I, was strong enough,
To lift, not one, but both of us,
Someday I will be strong enough,
To lift, not one, but both of us,
Uh, ever thought about losin' it,
when your money's all gone and you lose your whip,
you might lose your grip,
when the landlord tell ya that you're due for rent,
and the grass so green on the other side,
make a nigga wanna run straight through the fence,
open up the fridge 'bout twenty times,
but you still can't find no food in it, that's foolishness,
and sometimes i wonder,
why we care so much about the way we look,
and the way we talk, and the way we act,
and the clothes we bought, how much that cost,
does it even really matter,
'cause if life is an up hill battle,
we all tryna climb wit the same old ladder,
and the same boat, with the same old paddle,
why so shallow? I'm just askin'
what's the pattern, to the madness,
everybody ain't a number one draft pick,
most of us ain't Hollywood actors,
but if it's all for one, and one for all,
then maybe one day, we all could ball,
do it one time for the underdogs,
sincerely yours, from one of y'all,
I, wish I, was strong
To lift, not one, but both of us,
Someday I will be strong enough,
To lift, not one, but both of us,
I can feel your pain, i can feel your struggle,
you just wanna live, but everythings so low,
that you could drown in a puddle,
that's why i gotta hold us up, yeah hold us up,
for all the times no one ever spoke for us,
to every single time that they play this song,
you can say that's what bobby ray wrote for us,
when the tides get too high,
and the sea up underneath gets so deep,
and you feel like you're just another person gettin' lost in the crowd,
way up high in the nose bleeds, uh
'cause we both been there, yeah both of us,
but we still stand tall with our shoulders up,
and even though we're always against the odds,
these are the things that have molded us,
and if life hadn't chosen us,
sometimes i wonder where i would've wound up,
if it was up to me, I'd make a new blueprint,
then build it from the ground up, hey,
but if it's all for one, and one for all,
then maybe one day, we all could ball,
do it one time for the underdogs,
from bobby ray, to all of y'all,
I, wish I, was strong enough,
To lift, not one, but both of us,
Someday I will be strong enough,
To lift, not one, but both of us