The Struggle Is Real

Em G D
Am
 The struggle is real
Em G   D    Am
    So real


[Verse 1]
Em                G
5 am comes early, Jack and folgers 
in his cup.
D                           C
He wakes her up and lay her clothes 
out and packs her lunch.
Em                       G
Got to rush to catch the school bus,
               D            
Pony tails and tooth brush,  
                        C
Sometimes it seems its too much, he 
waves good bye.
Em                     G
Then he sighs, 12 hour days and 
barely gettin by.
D                                  
Her momma workin 3rd shift, and he 
C
hope she ain't back gettin high.
Em                  G
On a slippery slope slowly slippin 
to a pit
D                                
Hanging on for dear life loosing 
C
grip but he refused to quit


[Chorus]
C                      D         
I see the look in your eyes and I
              Em
 know how you feel
C                        D       
Work your fingers to the bone 
                Em
just to cover the bills
            C                      
You want to leave that single wide 
D                           G    
trailer in the holler for a house
    D    C
 up on a hill
         Em                 Am
You don't care how they feel
                      D
Cause the struggle is real
                       Em
I know the struggle is real


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[Verse 2]
Em                        G
She's almost 40 and still dancin on 
that brass pole
D                            C
Customers are disrespectful, manager
 is an asshole
Em                     G
Her greater goals over shadow all 
the sorrows
D                             
5 am will take forever few more 
  C
minutes till tomorrow
Em                          G
Not enough dollars in their garder 
for their house of dreams
D                           C
Runs into the dressin room slams the
 door and starts to scream
Em                       G
Where she wants to be in life is 
still a distant image
D                     C
At her wits end still isn't finished
 story hasn't ended.


[Chorus]
C                      D         
I see the look in your eyes and I
              Em
 know how you feel
C                        D       
Work your fingers to the bone 
                Em
just to cover the bills
            C                      
You want to leave that single wide 
D                           G    
trailer in the holler for a house
    D    C
 up on a hill
         Em              Am
You don't care how they feel
                      D
Cause the struggle is real
                       Em
I know the struggle is real


[Verse 3]
Em                            
He walks outside and throws his 
  G
tools in to his pickup truck
D                           C
Looks up and smiles see her Altima 
is pulling up
Em                              G
Her weight is lifted, her doors open
 and he knows she sober
D                            
He grabs aholdst her she finds 
  C
comfort underneath his shoulder
Em                           G
As they embrace all of their worries
 are erased
          D                        
Because together they can face all 
   C
of obstacles in place
Em                             G
Pulls out of the holler to go make a
 honest dollar
    D                              
Pay dues won't loose smile through 
    C
the blues of blue collar


[Chorus]
C                      D         
I see the look in your eyes and I
              Em
 know how you feel
C                        D       
Work your fingers to the bone 
                Em
just to cover the bills
            C                      
You want to leave that single wide 
D                           G    
trailer in the holler for a house
    D    C
 up on a hill
         Em                 Am
You don't care how they feel
                      D
Cause the struggle is real
                       Em
I know the struggle is real

C                      D         
I see the look in your eyes and I
              Em
 know how you feel
C                        D       
Work your fingers to the bone 
                Em
just to cover the bills
            C                      
You want to leave that single wide 
D                           G    
trailer in the holler for a house
    D    C
 up on a hill
         Em                 Am
You don't care how they feel
                      D
Cause the struggle is real
                       Em
I know the struggle is real