If you can keep your head while all about you
People are losing theirs and blaming you If
you can trust yourself when everybody doubts
you And make allowance for their doubting too
If you can wait and not get tired of waiting And when lied about,
stand tall, don't yield
And when hated,
don't give in to hating back
Don't need to look so good,
don't need to
talk too wise
If you can dream
and not make dreams your master
If you can think
and not make intellect your game
If you can meet with triumph and disaster
Then treat those two impostors just the same
If you can force your
heart and nerve and sinew
To serve you
after all of them are gone
So hold on
When there is nothing in you
Nothing but the will that's telling you to
Hold on,
hold on
You can bear to hear
the truth you've spoken Twisted and misconstrued by some smug fool
Or watch your life's worth
torn apart and broken down
And soon to build again with worn out tools
If you can draw a crowd and keep your virtue
Or walk with kings and keep the common touch
If neither enemies nor loving friends can hurt you
If everybody counts for you
But not too much
If
you can fill a journey of a minute
With sixty seconds worth of wonder and delight
And the earth is yours And everything that's in it
But more than that
I know you'll be alright
Cause
you got the fight,
you got the insight You got the fight,
you got the insight
You got the fight, you got the insight