[Verse 1]

just waking up in the morning

and the beat well

quite honest with ya,

i ain't really sleep well

ya ever feel like your train a thoughts been derailed?

that's when you press on Lee nails

half the population's just waiting to see me fail

yeah right, you're better off trying to freeze hell

some of us do it for the females

and others do it for the retails

but i do it for the kids, life through the tower head on

every time you fall its only making your chin strong

and i be in your quarter like mid, baby, til the end

or when you hear this song from that big lady

[Bridge]

until the referee rings the bell

until both your eyes start to swell

until the crowd goes home

what we gonna do ya'll?

[Chorus - Ryan Tedder]

give em hell, turn their heads

gonna live life til we're dead.

give me scars, give me pain

then just save me, save me, save me

there goes a fighter, there goes a fighter

here comes a fighter

that's what they'll say to me, say to me

say to me, this one's a fighter

[Verse 2]

you need to block the last thirty rounds

there's no reason you should ever have your head down

six foot five, two hundred and twenty pounds

hailing from rock bottom, loserville, nothing town

text book version of the kid going nowhere fast

and now I'm yelling kiss my ass

it's gonna take a couple right hooks a few left jabs

for you to recognize that you really ain't got it bad

[Bridge]

until the referee rings the bell

until both your eyes start to swell

until the crowd goes home

what we gonna do ya'll?

[Chorus - Ryan Tedder]

give em hell, turn their heads

gonna live life til we're dead.

give me scars, give me pain

then just save me, save me, save me

there goes a fighter, there goes a fighter

here comes a fighter

that's what they'll say to me, say to me

say to me, this one's a fighter

[Bridge]

everybody put yo hands up

what we gonna do? (x7) ya'll

if you fall pick yourself up off the floor (get up)

and when your bones can't take no more

just remember what you're here for

cuz i know imma damn sure

[Chorus - Ryan Tedder]

give em hell, turn their heads

gonna live life til we're dead.

give me scars, give me pain

then just save me, save me, save me

there goes a fighter, there goes a fighter

here comes a fighter

that's what they'll say to me, say to me

say to me, this one's a fighter

till the referee rings the bell

till both ya eyes start to swell

till the crowd goes home,

what we gonna do kid?