Key: Db major
Verse 1
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C
fathers
[Tekitha] That survive,
gotta ride to break the illusion, confusion
[KRS- One] Uh.. uh, word
[Tekitha] Keep on fightin,
strivin
[KRS- One] Uh.. hold
Em
C
your head up!
[Tekitha] Survivin, survivin
[Tekitha] That survive, gotta ride to break the illusion,
confusion
Verse 2
C
Bb
Yo, time to do what we gotta do
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
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my right side
C
Bb
It make me wanna grab a gun and
But it only goes so far, so live 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
for my family, yo
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[Tekitha] That
Verse 3
confusion
[KRS- One] Keep on!
[KRS- One] c'mon,
that's right
Bb
C
[Tekitha] That survive, gotta ride to break the illusion,
confusion
[Tekitha] Keep on fightin,
strivin
[KRS- One] Word up!
[Tekitha] Survivin, survivin
Verse 4
comes to the cash, we
ain't equal
Rich man,
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There's only one of you,
Em
C
that's why you gotta be you
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C
flashin and flossin
Beats in Boston
But do you really know what
daycare be costin?
Hold your head up and
teach them younger cats
It ain't where you're from, it's
Verse 5
C
[Tekitha] That survive, gotta ride to break the illusion,
confusion
[Tekitha] Keep on fightin, strivin,
survivin, survivin
Bb
C
[Tekitha] That survive, gotta ride to break the illusion,
confusion
[Tekitha] Keep on fightin, strivin,
Verse 6
to die
without most any reason
it's time to go
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
And so I gotta keep survivin, is
the song that I keep singin
Em
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C
I try to keep my head off the floor,
and ain't feedin the poor
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But I keep love over these beats, these beats
keep me alive
Verse 7
gotta ride to break the illusion, confusion
[KRS- One] Uh, word
[Tekitha] Keep on fightin,
SURVIVIN
Bb
C
[Tekitha] That survive, gotta ride to break the illusion,
confusion
[KRS- One] Uhh! Keep your head up,
word!
[Tekitha] Keep on fightin, strivin,
survivin, survivin
[KRS- One] c'mon,
uhh.. SURVIVIN
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Eb
Bb
[Tekitha] That survive, gotta ride to break the illusion,
C
confusion
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[KRS- One] Uh
survivin, survivin
[KRS- One] Word! Uh- huh
[Tekitha] That survive,
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C
Bb
C
gotta ride to break the illusion, confusion
[KRS- One] Uh.. ALL
MY FATHERS
survivin, survivin
Verse 8
[KRS- One] Word!
C
Bb
Sadat X, is down wit us
C
Bb
C
Stud Doogie, is down wit us
Lord Jamar, down wit us
Alamo, you down wit us
Brand Nubian, down wit us
Yo Priest, you down wit us
Marlo, you down wit us
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Bb
Vangod(?), you down wit us
Desmond Terrow(?), you down wit
us
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Bb
Yo Tekitha, you down wit us
Makin funky music is a must!
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