Never Give Up lyrics

From the streets of San Diego to the slums of Echo ParkBroke down and homeless is where I got my startI bounced around for years doing this and thatBut now I'm doing good and I'm never looking backI began with nothing, I still ain't got muchWhen life got me down I had to be toughFrom the age of 14 I was on my ownNo one would do it for me so I did it aloneShelter to shelter and jail to jailI'm here to tell you right now that I will not failI wish my old friends could see me nowBecause they never would believe what I am doing nowI never gave upRight now I'm where I want to beMaybe not for you, but it's good enough for meDon't need no fancy cars or diamond ringsAll I wanna do is get on stage and singMy dream is today and I'm doing it strongNo matter what the odds, I will still push onI will do it for the poor who have no voiceAnd for all of the victims who had no choiceI will do it for the weak who cannot fightFor those who were wronged I will make things rightIt's been an uphill ba
ttle, my fingers have bledBut I'm almost there and I am far from deadI never gave upWhen I came to the city of Hollywood I was broke down and beatI slept behind dumpsters on the side of the streetThere's one thing that always got me throughThe one thing I always held true is that I never gave upI'm never gonna give upI never gave up