She was walking in a streetLooked up and noticedHe was nameless, he was homelessShe asked him his nameAnd told him what hers wasHe gave her a story 'bout life With a glint in his eyeAnd a corner of a smileOne conversation, a simple momentThe things that change us if we noticeWhen we look up sometimes They said I would never make itBut I was built to break the moldThe only dream that I've been chasingIs my own So I sing a song for the hustlersTrading at the bus stopSingle mothers waiting on the check to comeYoung teachers, student doctorsSons on the front lineKnowing they don't get to runThis goes out to the underdogKeep on keeping at what you loveAnd you will find that some day soon enoughYou will rise up, rise up, yeah She's riding in a taxiBack to the kitchenTalking to the driver 'bout his wife and his childrenOn a run from a countryWhere they put you in prisonFor being a woman and speaking your mind And she looked in his eyes in the mirrorAnd he smiledOne conversation, a single momentThe things that change us if we noticeWhen we look up sometimes They said I would never make itBut I was built to break the moldThe only dream that I've been chasingIs my own So I sing a song for the hustlersTrading at the bus stopSingle mothers waiting on the check to comeYoung teachers, student doctorsSons on the front lineKnowing they don't get to runThis goes out to the underdogKeep on keeping at what you loveAnd you will find that some day soon enoughYou will rise up, rise up, yeah Everybody rise upYou could rise, yeah I sing a song for the hustlersTrading at the bus stopSingle mothers waiting on the check to come(See, you're gonna make it)Young teachers, student doctorsSons on the front lineKnowing they don't get to runThis goes out to the underdogKeep on keeping at what you loveAnd you will find that some day soon enoughYou will rise up, rise up, yeah