survivin'

yeah

all my fathers

that survive

gotta ride to break the illusion

confusion

uh. uh

word

keep on fightin

strivin

uh. hold your head up!

survivin

survivin

that survive

gotta ride to break the illusion

confusion

keep on fightin

strivin

survivin

survivin

yo

time to do what we gotta do

these days

livin ain't true

but i ain't mad at you

i don't got time for the stress and the nonsense

so i try to stay blessed

but it's all tense

when i awake

feel the sun on my right side

it make me wanna grab a gun and change my lifestyle

but it only goes so far

so live it up

or realize what you know star

and give it up

or either switch it up

gotta keep reppin on

and lookin out for our kids

like the rest of

now i know how it is

and what you're handin me

so i can calculate the right moves for my family

yo

that survive

gotta ride to break the illusion

confusion

keep on!

keep on fightin

strivin

c'mon

c'mon!

survivin

survivin

c'mon

that's right

that survive

gotta ride to break the illusion

confusion

keep on fightin

strivin

word up!

survivin

survivin

c'mon

let's do this

when it comes to the cash

we ain't equal

rich man

poor man

poverty defeats you

where my people? yo

kris see you

there's only one of you

that's why you gotta be you

them others be see-through

flashin and flossin

me i'm with inebriated beats in boston

strivin

survivin

we get cash often

but do you really know what daycare be costin?

all my fathers

all my mothers

all my sisters

all my brothers

hold your head up and teach them younger cats

it ain't where you're from

it's where you're at!

that survive

gotta ride to break the illusion

confusion

keep on fightin

strivin

survivin

survivin

that survive

gotta ride to break the illusion

confusion

keep on fightin

strivin

survivin

survivin

now see i'm livin just to die without most any reason

so i keep on chasin paper 'til it's time to go

but should i really go for mine and put the clip all in the 9

or stay at the 9 to 5 a day i just don't know

but a brother got a daughter i gotta support her

caught up in the system inside a order

man i can't afford

a kitted escalade

or bling bling

and so i gotta keep survivin

is the song that i keep singin

i try to keep my head off the floor

the country's goin to war

while bush is givin dough to nasa and ain't feedin the poor

but i keep love over these beats

these beats keep me alive

alive

i got to stay the priest

i will survive y'all

that survive

gotta ride to break the illusion

confusion

uh

word

keep on fightin

strivin

survivin

survivin

c'mon

c'mon. survivin

that survive

gotta ride to break the illusion

confusion

uhh! keep your head up

word!

keep on fightin

strivin

survivin

survivin

c'mon

uhh. survivin

that survive

gotta ride to break the illusion

confusion

uh

keep on fightin

strivin

survivin

survivin

word! uh-huh

that survive

gotta ride to break the illusion

confusion

uh. all my fathers

keep on fightin

strivin

survivin

survivin

word!

sadat x

is down wit us

stud doogie

is down wit us

lord jamar

down wit us

alamo

you down wit us

grand puba

down wit us

brand nubian

down wit us

shuman

you down wit us

yo priest

you down wit us

marlo

you down wit us

choco

you down wit us

vangod

you down wit us

desmond terrow

you down wit us

cliff cultrary

you down wit us

yo tekitha

you down wit us

aiyyo rza

you down wit us

the whole wu-tang

is down wit us

makin funky music is a must!

makin funky music is a must!

one for all. all. all.""