Make You Feel Alright

Guess I didn't know that this is how you'd take it (I'd take it)
 But I didn't know they'd lie and cut us down
 Now you're saying that it's much too hard to make it (to make it)
 And we're the ones that we've been fooling all along
 When they take all that you've got in this world
 And kick you down on your knees
 When you're feeling like you've got no strength to fight
 Well, I will try to make you feel alright
 Now I see that they can push me just so much
 And there's nothing they can do that could ever crush me
 You can try to get along by laughing
 Or by playing the fool
 They all don't matter if I make you smile tonight (tonight)
 As long as I can make you feel alright
 You may feel like you are getting nowhere
 It takes a while before you start to realize
 That a change is gonna come
 All their talking and they're saying nothing
 That we should ever believe, oh
 'Cause all they'll give us is a reason not to try
 And we're the ones who get to say what's wrong or right (alright)
 We are all that we have got in this world
 And we're all that we need
 And even though I know it hurts like hell tonight
 Well, I'll still try to make you feel alright
 As long as I can make you feel alright
 As long as I can make you feel alright