BUMPER SNIPPET
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sure. in my opinion the song isn't about or focused on a single woman with 2 jobs but general speaking to multiple people/ multiple events and what they go through in life. in other words it's an inspirational song to give people strength.
this is an example of a struggling human being : she's a single mom working so hard just to stay alive and give her baby a better life. she hopes for a better job and better future. however there are times that she feels helpless and sad
inspirational part : stay strong you can do it
some might argue that this is about nature but I don't think so. it can be about how the conditions some people face make it harder for them to even live such as they don't even feel like they even have a chance to survive in the life. in the previous sections he mentions "keeping alive ", "staying alive" . this part is telling how these people are being "killed". they feel like the world is being taken from under their feet, they feel like they can't even breath, they feel like they have no chance of survival, no chance to live. this is his cry for help explaining how they actually feel so helpless.
again tells to stay strong
all you need is human compression , a helping hand , a single moment , a single act is going to make a change. he wishes that this help / this single moment comes soon because it's hard to stand to these conditions.
inspirational : regardless of how bad the situation might be, regardless of you feel there's no hope, you can't even live / survive anymore, challenges you to be strong and fight. giving up wouldn't make it any better.
call of help. the people in these dire conditions is asking for help from other people - soon if possible.
note: when I was learning english I had a wonderful teacher. sometimes we would come across to words that we don't know and he would say "read the sentence, read the paragraph, read the page. you'll understand the meaning of the word from the rest". that's what I do. I read the overall lyrics and see if there's a meaning in them. kinda like a bigger picture look approach. and then we have some people that pick out a line and focus on it.
for example working 2 jobs - looking for a job is mentioned multiple times but if you read the whole first verse you clearly see that her 2 jobs is just enough to "keep her alive" and that she's looking for "finer place". so it's obvious that she wants a better job to replace her 2 crappy jobs for a better life.
If I had had a student like Michael Jackson and all of sudden I had seen a drastic change of style, I'd have had hard time telling that the texts are his.