Survival - The O'Jays

Survival

Survival of the fittest

Survival

I, uh, I gotta get with it

'Cause it ain’t no joke (Ain't no joke) when a man is broke

Busted walking around broke

And it ain’t no jive (Ain't no jive) trying to stay alive

Living from day to day, living now

Rent man says that the rent is due

My little baby needs a new pair of shoes

I’m just about to lose my mind

One step away from the bread line

Well, I’m trying to do the very best I can

Trying to make it on through

I don’t know which way to turn

I don’t know what to do.

Oooh, oooh, oooh

(Ay, ay, ay.)

Survival.

Oh, oh, oh, oh

(Survival of the fittest.)

Survival

I, well, well, I gotta get with it

'Cause it ain’t no joke (Ain't no joke) when a man is broke

Busted walking around broke

And it ain’t no jive (Ain't no jive) trying to stay alive

Living from day to day, living now

Pockets so bare, I’m down to my last penny

Looking for hope, I can’t find any

First law of nature is the preservation of man

Looks like I’ll have to do with anything I can

Hustle bustle, day in and day out

Can’t even get a good night’s sleep

I don’t know how in the world

We’re gonna make these ends meet.

Oh

(Ay, ay, ay.)

Survival.

Ay, yi, yi

Survival of the fittest

Survival

I, uh, I gotta get with it

'Cause it ain’t no joke (Ain't no joke) when a man is broke

Walking around with his hands in his pocket broke, busted

And it ain’t no jive (Ain't no jive) trying to stay alive

Living from day to day, living now

Hustle bustle, can’t quit it, gotta get it

Help me.

(Help me.) Help me.

(Help me, help me.) Help me

Uh, uh, uhhhhhhhhhh, oh.

(Survival.)

Well, well, well.

(Survival of the fittest.)

Survival.

I-I-I-I gotta get with it

(Survival.) Well, well, well

Survival of the fittest

(Survival. I gotta get with it.) Won’t’cha, won’t’cha

I wonder does anybody care

(Survival. Survival of the fittest.)

(Survival. I, uh, I gotta get with it.) Wonder I’ll get on welfare

(Survival. Survival of the fittest.) Help me, help me, help me

Survival.

I, uh, I gotta get with it

(Survival. Survival of the fittest.) Rent man says the rent is due

(Survival. I gotta get with it.)

Pockets so bare, I don’t know what to do

Survival.

Ay, ay, uh.

Survival of the fittest

Survival.

Ay, yi, yi, yi, yi, yi, uh.

(I gotta get with it.)

(Survival. Survival of the fittest.)

Uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.

(I'm busted.)

(Survival. I gotta get with it.) Oh.

(I-I'm busted.)

Huh!

Survival.

Ay, yi, yi, uh