Some people get lucky   Born with a silver spoon   Other people got to work real hard   A whole life of paying dues   One man got a big old house   Fast car and swimming pool   Another man got a big old wife   Ten kids and one bathroom      PRE-CHORUS      Sometimes   We're just stuck   Behind   The velvet rope (x2)      CHORUS      You gotta jump up so high   Jump up jump over the rope   You gotta jump up so high   Jump up jump the rope      Some people get lucky   Take a chance to strike it rich   Other people wll they bet it all lose   Ain't life a bitch   One man's on the guest list   Arrives in a limousine   Another man got to stand on line   Outside in the pouring rain      BRIDGE      We got the world on a string   Wrapped around our fingers   We got everything we need   We don't need a thing   There ain't no rope that can hold us   Nothing keeps us down   There ain't a rope that can bind us   We're gonna jump up off the ground