The Fighter

Album: The Papercut Chronicles II (2011)
Charted: 44 25
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  • Just waking up in the morning
    And the be well
    Quite honest with ya,
    I ain't really sleep well
    Ya ever feel like your train of thought's been derailed?
    That's when you press on Lee nails
    Half the population's just waitin' to see me fail
    Yeah right, you're better off trying to freeze hell
    Some of us do it for the females
    And others do it for the retails

    But I do it for the kids, life through the tower head on
    Every time you fall it's only making your chin strong
    And I be in the corner like mick, baby, til the end
    Or when you hear this song from that big lady

    Until the referee rings the bell
    Until both your eyes start to swell
    Until the crowd goes home
    What we gonna do y'all?

    Give 'em hell, turn their heads
    Gonna live life till we're dead.
    Give me scars, give me pain
    Then just say to me, say to me, say to me
    There goes a fighter, there goes a fighter
    Here comes a fighter
    That's what they'll say to me, say to me
    Say to me, this one's a fighter

    And if I can last thirty rounds
    There's no reason you should ever have your head down
    Six foot five, two hundred and twenty pounds
    Hailing from rock bottom, Loserville, nothing town

    Textbook version of the kid going nowhere fast
    And now I'm yelling kiss my a**
    It's gonna take a couple right hooks, a few left jabs
    For you to recognize that you really ain't got it bad

    Until the referee rings the bell
    Until both your eyes start to swell
    Until the crowd goes home
    What we gonna do y'all?

    Give 'em hell, turn their heads
    Gonna live life til we're dead
    Give me scars, give me pain
    Then just say to me, say to me, say to me
    There goes a fighter, there goes a fighter
    Here comes a fighter
    That's what they'll say to me, say to me
    Say to me, this one's a fighter

    Everybody put yo hands up
    What we gonna do?
    What we gonna do?
    What we gonna do?
    What we gonna do?
    What we gonna do?
    What we gonna do?
    What we gonna do?
    Y'all

    If you fall pick yourself up off the floor (get up)
    And when your bones can't take no more
    Just remember what you're here for
    'Cause I know I'ma damn sure

    Give 'em hell, turn their heads
    Gonna live life till we're dead
    Give me scars, give me pain
    Then just say to me, say to me, say to me
    There goes a fighter, there goes a fighter
    Here comes a fighter
    That's what they'll say to me, say to me
    Say to me, this one's a fighter

    Till the referee rings the bell
    Till both ya eyes start to swell
    Till the crowd goes home
    What we gonna do kid? Writer/s: DISASHI LUMUMBA-KASONGO, ERIC ROBERTS, MATTHEW MCGINLEY, NOEL ZANCANELLA, RYAN TEDDER, TRAVIS MCCOY
    Publisher: CONCORD MUSIC PUBLISHING LLC, Downtown Music Publishing, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Universal Music Publishing Group
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