Oh it's so hard To feed my family yeah People pushin' me around Why won't they let me be Trying catch up with my bills Trying to keep up with my rent Before I get my paycheck yeah My money's all been spent So unnecessary to have to live this way Life's too temporary to have to live from day to day Trying to survive Trying to stay alive Help me sing it now It's a shame That some they have so much And others, and others, and others, and others And others nothing ever known No, no, no Trying to survive Trying to stay alive But then sometime all of this inflation Got the whole wide world yeah in a state of desperation People all being destroyed aw cuz' they're unemployed Check it out There's walkouts, sit-ins, strikes, price hikes, layoffs, under table payoffs It's so unnecessary to have to live this way Life's too temporary to have to live from day to day yeah We're trying to survive Oh and we're trying to stay alive Help me sing it now Trying, trying to survive I've seen whole families without food to eat I've seen many, many children without shoes on their feet Trying, trying, trying to survive