[HOOK]
Try hard as you can I'm gonna rise up
Gonna keep marching on and pick my stride up
Time to swallow your pride and realize
You're never gonna bring me down
Give it your best and it won't even leave a mark
Match my flame bet you can't even make a spark
Time to swallow your pride come out the dark
You're never gonna bring me down
[VERSE 1: Otis J]
I know the places that I wanna be
But it seems you're right there tryna stop me
Blocking my direction, unwanted like infection
I'm building my protection to keep you from me
You think you'll make me crack
You're failing so get back
You struck me through the middle, it hurt me just a little
But I figured out your riddles and I keep on coming back
You're always tryna fight me, don't like yo just bite me
Your jealousy excites me when you wanna be just like me
You'll strengthen the game but you ain't tough
Keep all your torture cos I've had enough
Tryna make me go back to the guy I was
But that ain't never gonna happen no because
[HOOK]
Try hard as you can I'm gonna rise up
Gonna keep marching on and pick my stride up
Time to swallow your pride and realize
You're never gonna bring me down
Give it your best and it won't even leave a mark
Match my flame bet you can't even make a spark
Time to swallow your pride come out the dark
You're never gonna bring me down
[VERSE 2: Mizer]
f** all the teachers, the preachers and all that
All the big G's bringin' beef to the doormat
Expect me to fall flat yeah cos the war's back
See another k**in' but you never really saw that
All the fine things in life I couldn't afford that
Mixed with the wrong peeps packin' more heats
Than the whole streets now I'm on beats and you know that
Feelin' lost, Show me the road map
Ever since a teeny, stepfather beat me
Couldn't defeat me, s** out and eat me
Always on the go, go, keep it on the low, low
Chased by the Po-Po, but I'm too greazy
Sorry mums I couldn't make life easy
I really tried you gotta believe me
I know I gotta make a change in my life
Or end up a B-Cat where no one will see me
[HOOK]
Try hard as you can I'm gonna rise up
Gonna keep marching on and pick my stride up
Time to swallow your pride and realize
You're never gonna bring me down
Give it your best and it won't even leave a mark
Match my flame bet you can't even make a spark
Time to swallow your pride come out the dark
You're never gonna bring me down
[BRIDGE: Otis J]
You see you're never gonna bring me down
Never gonna bring me down
No, no, no oh
You're never gonna bring me down
You're never gonna bring me down
[HOOK]
Try hard as you can I'm gonna rise up
Gonna keep marching on and pick my stride up
Time to swallow your pride and realize
You're never gonna bring me down
(Never gonna bring me down)
Give it your best and it won't even leave a mark
Match my flame bet you can't even make a spark
(Can't even make a spark)
Time to swallow your pride come out the dark
You're never gonna bring me down
(Never no)
Try hard as you can I'm gonna rise up
(Never gonna happen no, no, no, no)
Gonna keep marching on and pick my stride up
Time to swallow your pride and realize
You're never gonna bring me down
(It ain't gonna happen no, no, no, no)
Give it your best and it won't even leave a mark
(Leave a mark)
Match my flame bet you can't even make a spark
(Can't even make a spark)
Time to swallow your pride come out the dark
You're never gonna bring me down
Never gonna bring me down, no, no, no, no, no
You see it ain't gonna happen no
No, no, you're never gonna bring me down