[Verse 1]
Alarm clock screaming at five A.M.,
Punch that clock, do it all again,
Paycheck comes but before it clears,
Everybody’s already got their share.
Taxes up, groceries high,
Gas takes another damn piece of the pie,
They stand in suits saying times are good—
Come live a week in my neighborhood.
[Pre-Chorus]
They make the rules,
We pay the price,
They shake our hands
Then roll the dice.
But there’s something they forgot about
The ones who built this town…
[Chorus]
WE AIN’T STAYING DOWN!
We’re the backbone of this country,
We’re the boots upon the ground.
You can tax another dollar,
Try to push us further out,
But you can’t break the people
Who keep this whole thing running now.
We’re the workers, we’re the dreamers,
We’re the ones still standing proud.
You can squeeze the middle class—
BUT WE AIN’T STAYING DOWN!
[Verse 2]
Left side talking, right side too,
Every election they promise something new.
Then the cameras leave, the speeches end,
And somehow we’re forgotten again.
We build the roads, we haul the freight,
Open the shops and lock ’em late,
Teach their children, wire their homes,
Grow their food and lay their stone.
[Pre-Chorus]
We’re not asking for a handout,
We’re asking for a chance,
To keep a little more of what we earn
With these two working hands.
[Chorus]
WE AIN’T STAYING DOWN!
We’re the backbone of this country,
We’re the boots upon the ground.
You can tax another dollar,
Try to push us further out,
But you can’t break the people
Who keep this whole thing running now.
We’re the workers, we’re the dreamers,
We’re the ones still standing proud.
You can squeeze the middle class—
BUT WE AIN’T STAYING DOWN!
[Bridge — Quiet]
This country wasn’t built in Washington.
It was built in fields and shops.
On factory floors and construction sites,
By people who don’t stop.
By mothers working overtime,
By fathers coming home worn out,
By every small-town business
Still trying to figure it out.
[BUILD]
So keep your empty promises.
Keep your polished lies.
Because something happens to working people
When you push ’em one too many times.
We don’t need another savior.
We don’t need another crown.
We just need to remember—
WE’RE THE ONES WHO BUILT THIS TOWN!
[FINAL CHORUS]
WE AIN’T STAYING DOWN!
Turn it up and let ’em hear us
From every working town!
From the farms across the heartland
To the factories shutting down!
We’re still here!
Still working!
Still fighting for our ground!
You can take another dollar—
BUT WE AIN’T STAYING DOWN!
We’re the welders!
We’re the truckers!
We’re the teachers!
We’re the trades!
We’re the families stretching dollars
Trying to make it day to day!
We’re the backbone of America—
AND WE’RE DONE BACKING DOWN!
You can squeeze the middle class…
BUT WE AIN’T—
STAYING—
DOWN!
[Outro]
Tomorrow morning…
That alarm’s still gonna ring.
And we’ll get up.
Because that’s what we do.
But don’t mistake hardworking people
For people you can push forever.
