Underdog
Singer/Songwriter: Alicia Keys

Write the past-tense form of each verb in parentheses.

She was walking in the street, 
(looks) ____________________ up and (notices) ____________________
He (is) ____________________ nameless, he (is) ____________________ homeless
She (asks) ____________________ him his name 
and (tells) ____________________ him what hers was
He (gives) ____________________ her a story ’bout a life
With a glint in his eye and a corner of a smile
One conversation, a simple moment
The things that change us if we notice
When we look up, sometimes

They (say) ____________________ I (will) ____________________ never make it
But I (am) ____________________ built to break the mold
The only dream that I’ve been chasing is my own

So I sing a song for the hustlers trading at the bus stop
Single mothers waiting on a check to come
Young teachers, student doctors
Sons on the frontline knowing they don’t get to run
This goes out to the underdog
Keep on keeping at what you love
You’ll find that someday soon enough
You will rise up, rise up

She’s riding in a taxi back to the kitchen
Talking to the driver ’bout his wife and his children
On the run from a country where they put you in prison
For being a woman and speaking your mind
She (looks) ____________________ in his eyes in the mirror
and he (smiles) ____________________

One conversation, a single moment…

Songwriters: Jonny Coffer / Johnny McDaid / Foy Vance / Edward Sheeran / Amy Victoria Wadge / Alicia Augello Cook
Underdog lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Warner Chappell Music, Inc, BMG Rights Management, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC