I'm Still Here Lyrics - Sharon Jones And The Dap-kings

Left my home in North Augusta at the age of three 

My mother, big brothers, two sisters and me 

She brought us to New York City to set herself free 

From all the fightin', screamin' and misery, yeah 

But New York in 1960, no peace to be found 

Segregration, drugs and violence was all around 

But I'm still here, yeah 

But I'm still here 

All the things I've been through just to sing this song 

All the people I've seen come and go as I kept pushin' on 

I had to work as a prison guard telling men to do what they were told 

'Cos some record label told me I was too fat, too short, black and old 

I had to direct the choir to let my voice out 

That was the only place I could sing and be proud 

But I'm still here, yeah 

I said I'm still here 

From the ghetto to The Garden, from the ballrooms to The Bow 

From Down Under to Great Britain I played so many drinkin' holes 

Then the big sea crashed down on me 

Tried to take it all away 

And I didn't know if I would live 

Live to see another day 

But I'm still here, yeah 

I said I'm still here 

I'm still here 

I'm still here, I'm still here, I'm still here 

I'm still here, I'm still here, I'm still here 

I'm still here, I'm still here, I'm still here 

I didn't let nothin' get me down 

Sometimes you got to let those little things go