[Verse 1]
Have you read the news today?
So much hate going 'round, ain't no love to be found
Is everybody out of faith?
Spending most of their lives trying to waste it

[Pre-Chorus 1]
There might be trouble on the way, aye
But I'll be damned if I surrender

[Chorus]
Rather be one of the ones that keeps on trying
Rather be one of the few that won't stop fighting
Rather be one of the ones that keeps surviving
I'll be around, stand my ground, come whatever

[Verse 2]
Some say, "Choose your ground, don't go down the wrong way. Life ain't easy."
But I don't wanna be afraid
If I bend, if I break, I will learn from mistakes

[Pre-Chorus 2]
When theres a cloud up in the sky
I go looking for the silver lining

[Chorus]
Rather be one of the ones that keeps on trying
Rather be one of the few that won't stop fighting
Rather be one of the ones that keeps surviving
I'll be around, stand my ground, come whatever
[Bridge]
I won't stop and I won't give in
Optimist 'til the very end
Ain't nobody gonna change the way I am
(People hating) People hating
(Bonds are breaking) Bonds are breaking
(Where's the pride in that?)
Where's the pride in that?

[Pre-Chorus 1]
There might be trouble on the way
But I'll be damned if I surrender

[Chorus] (2x)
Rather be one of the ones that keeps on trying
Rather be one of the few that won't stop fighting
Rather be one of the ones that keeps surviving
I'll be around, stand my ground, come whatever