You work and you sweat, and you work and you sweat, then you die
You scramble and bite, and you try doing right, wond'ring why
It doesn't matter if you're an angel or not
The world keeps on spinning, the rich keep on winning
Well, when do I get my shot?
I was born for bigger things
I need a chance to grow
I'll need all of my cunning, until I am running the show
I was born for bigger things
I see a new frontier
Time for planning and plotting, not sitting and rotting out here
You give when you can, then you take when you can't, so you steal
You tread 'til you're numb to the life in the slum under here
We have to matter, if we want a piece of the pie
Plus with no education, life ain't no vacation
You'll trot 'til the day that you die, not I
I was born for bigger things
Bigger dreams, and so
Let's end our submission and get recognition
It's time that they paid what they owe
Don't you want to own a house?
Own a house on your own land?
Don't you want to live your life the way you planned?
Oh, don't you want to raise a son?
Raise him to be his own man?
And give him all these bigger things? Well, you can, you can
Oh, I can!
I won't be working away on the next damn chore
Working for scraps off the rich men's floor
You better believe there's something else in store
More!
I was born for bigger things
Not keeping my life at bay
If I can, then I will
So I won't rest until I'm doing it all my own way
And it will happen
I will make it happen
Bigger things will be mine
Some time!
