Everybody's telling me You can't do that you can't Face up to reality You can't do that you can't Everybody's down on me Spreading round the misery You can't do that you can't do that I get so breathless running circles in my brain I get back up so you can knock me down again I live to serve and carry round this ball and chain But I ain't gonna give it up I've got a heart like lead, a millstone round my neck Up the hill backwards I can never get ahead I can't work fast enough to get my daily bread But I ain't never giving up Why ask for permission? The answer is "no" The more that they crush us The more we will grow