Message II (Survival) - Grandmaster Flash, Melle Mel, Duke Bootee

Survival, only the strong can survive

It’s called survival, only the strong can survive

It’s called survival, in order to stay alive

It’s called survival, survival, survival, survival

They smile in your face and they talk behind your back

And when you get the story, it’s never exact

Some say, they’re your friends but they really are not because they are only

out to try and get what you’ve got

Survival, only the strong can survive

It’s called survival, only the strong can survive

It’s called survival, in order to stay alive

It’s called survival, survival, survival, survival

In jail they got a game and they call it survival

They run it down to you on your first arrival

They tell you what you can and what you cannot do, so if you ever go to jail,

watch your «mm-mm»

It’s called survival, only the strong can survive

It’s called survival, only the strong can survive

It’s called survival, in order to stay alive

It’s called survival, survival, survival, survival

I went looking for a job, every day last week but it turned into a crazy game

of «hide and seek»

Because every place that I seemed to look, a job wasn’t there

I might as well apply for food-stamps or welfare

It’s called survival and only the strong can survive

It’s called survival and only the strong can survive

It’s called survival in order to stay alive

It’s called survival, survival, survival, survival

Like Hercules, you body is strong but your mind is like the Devil,

your ideals are wrong

You hurt people’s feelings and mess with their minds

Didn’t have the nerve to call me brother and wave the peace sign

The young and the old, they all hate your sight because of people like you,

they’re scared to walk in the night

It’s called survival and only the strong can survive

It’s called survival and only the strong can survive

It’s called survival in order to stay alive

It’s called survival, survival, survival, survival

The problems of the world today are bigger than life

You have recessions and depressions, men are cheating on their wives

Babies born each morn' with parts of their bodies gone because of some crazy

drug that their mothers was on This country is fightin' not unitin', always putting each other down

Blacks and whites don’t realize that they’re really pink and brown

You got;

gun tootin' cut-throats, stress and strife and looking out for number

one is a way of live

It’s called survival and only the strong can survive

It’s called survival and only the strong can survive

It’s called survival in order to stay alive

It’s called survival, survival, survival, survival

You’ve got to lock all your windows, chain up all your doors to protect what’s

inside of your houses' stores

Beware of the food, it might be no good 'cause there’s someone trying to poison

the whole neighbourhood

Today they found something in somebody’s store

They said, «killed ten people and hurt four more»

You can’t even trust a pill to make life easier when there’s sudden death on your grocer’s freezer

Survival, only the strong can survive

It’s called survival, only the strong can survive

It’s called survival, in order to stay alive

It’s called survival, survival, survival, survival

About to lose your mind because life is hard and yet you believe in everything

but God

Those pretty women lost of money, yeah, that’s alright but don’t you ever

forget the man with the might

Now get a hold of yourself man, think positive because that’s definitely the

only way to live

Don’t let you mind flow, like water from a cup and don’t you ever let me hear

you say that you’re giving up It’s called survival, only the strong can survive

It’s called survival, only the strong can survive

It’s called survival in order to stay alive

It’s called survival, survival, survival, survival

Remember: a child is born with no state of mind

He was blind to the ways of mankind

God is smiling on you but he’s frowning too because only god knows what you’ll

go through

Survival, only the strong can survive

It’s called survival and only the strong can survive

It’s called survival in order to stay alive

It’s called survival, survival, survival, survival