A#m It feels so good to be alive D# A#m Got all my family by my side G# Couldn't wipe this black off if I tried A#m C That's why I lift my head with pride A#m I got a million miles on me A#m They want to see how far I go G# The path was never paved with gold (Gold) A#m We worked and built this on our own (Own) A#m And can't nobody knock it if they tried D# This is hustle personified A#m Look how we've been fighting to stay alive G# So when we win, we will have pride A#m Do you know how much we have cried? A#m How hard we had to fight? A#m It feels so good to be alive (It feels so, so, so, so good) D# A#m7 Got all my sisters by my side (I got all my sisters by my side) G# Couldn't wipe this black off if I tried (Black off if I tried) A#m That's why I lift my hеad with pride D# Now we're sitting on top of thе world again, huh A#m I got a million miles on me D# A#m They want to see how far I'll go (They want to see how far I'll go) G# The path was never paved with gold (No) A#m We fought and built this on our own (We fought and built this on our own, own) A#m And can't nobody knock it if they tried D# This is hustle personified A#m Look how we've been fighting to stay alive G# So when we win, we will have pride A#m7 Do you know how much we have cried? A#m How hard we had to fight? A#m It feels so good to be alive (It feels so good, so good) D# A#m Got all my family by my side (And we gon' sit on top of the world again) G# Couldn’t wipe this black off if I tried (And I wouldn't trade nothin', and I wouldn't trade nothin') A#m7 That's why I lift my head with pride (So baby, lift your head, yeah) A#m It feels so good to be alive (Darling, it's a celebration for you, yeah) D# A#m7 I got the tribe all by my side (You're doin' everything they said you couldn't do) G# Couldn’t wipe this black off if I tried A#m That's why I lift my head with pride (Lift your head, yeah) A#m Woo! D# A#m (Ooh) G# (Ooh, I tried) A#m (Oh!)