Different Life for My Children

I wake up early to a world that don't care

Bills on the table and trouble in the air

I carry my worries like dust on my shoes

But I keep on moving, got too much to lose

Raising these children on a narrow road

Trying to give them light when the night feels cold

Every little lesson, every tired prayer

Building them a future from a load I bear

I got a hard life

But I won't let it win

I'm breaking the cycle

That I was born in

This world keeps pushing

Trying to shut me down

But love is the reason

I still stand my ground

I'm fighting for a different life

For my children tonight

It's here in the headlights

Under in the street

Folks keep sinking

While they try to eat

Still I hold my head up

Still I make a way

Teach them how to rise on a broken day, yeah

I got a hard life

But I won't let it win

I'm breaking the cycle

That I was born in

This world keeps pushing

Trying to shut me down

But love is the reason I still stand my ground

I'm fighting for a different life

For my children tonight

If I stumble

I'll get back up again

I'm plannin' tomorrow

In the face of the wind

And when they look back

On the road I fought

They'll know they were worth

Every tear I brought