Message II (Survival) chords by Grandmaster Flash
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Verse 1
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Survival
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Survival
the strong can survive,
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it's called survival
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Only the strong can survive,
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it's called survival
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In or der to stay alive,
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it's called survival
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Survival, survival, survival
They smile in your face and
they talk behind your back
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And when you tell the story,
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it's never exact
Some say they're your friends,
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but they really are not
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Because they're only out to try
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and get what you've got
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Survival, only the strong can survive
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It's called survival,
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only the strong can survive
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It's called survival
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In order to stay alive
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It's called survival, survival
Survival, survival
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In jail they got a game
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And they call it survival
They run it down to you
On your first arrival
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They tell you what you can
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and what you cannot do
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So if you ever go to jail
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Watch out
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It's called survival
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Only the strong can survive
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It's called survival
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Only the strong can survive,
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it's called survival
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In order to stay alive,
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it's called survival
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Survival, survival,
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survival
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I went looking for a job
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every day last week
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But it turned into a crazy game
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of hide -and -seek
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Because every place I seem
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to look a job wasn't there
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I might as well apply for food
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stamps or welfare
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It's called survival
And only the strong can survive
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It's called survival
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And only the strong can survive
It's called survival
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In order to stay alive
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It's called survival, survival,
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survival, survival
People like
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Hercules, your body is strong,
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but your mind is like the devil, your ideals
are wrong.
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You hurt people's feelings and mess with their minds,
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then have the nerve to call me
brother and wave the peace sign.
The young and the old,
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they all hate your sight because of people like you, they're
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scared to walk in the night.
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It's called survival.
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Only the strong can survive.
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It's called survival.
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And only the strong can survive,
it's called survival
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In or der to stay alive,
it's called survival
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Survival, survival, survival
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The problems of the world
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today are big ger than life
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You have recessions and depressions
Men are cheating on their wives
Babies born each morn
With part of their bodies gone
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Because of some crazy drug that
their mothers was on
There's countries fighting, not uniting
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Always putting each other down
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Blacks and whites don't realize
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That they're really pink and brown
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You got gun joke, cut joke
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Stress and strife
And looking out for number one
Is a way of life
It's called survival
And only the strong can survive
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It's called survival
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And only the strong can survive
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It's called survival
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In order to stay alive
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It's called survival, survival,
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survival
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You got to lock all your windows,
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chain up all your doors
To protect what's inside of
your houses and stores
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Beware of the food, it might be no good
Cause there's someone trying to
poison the whole neighborhood
Ha!
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Today they found something
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in somebody's store
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They said it killed ten people
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and hurt four more
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They can't even trust a bill
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to make life easier
When there's sudden death
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on your roses freezer
Survival
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Only the strong can survive,
it's called survival
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Only the strong can survive,
it's called survival
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In or der to stay alive it's called survival,
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survival, survival, survival
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Bout to lose your mind because life is hard
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Yet you believe in everything but
God
Those pretty women, lots of money,
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yeah, that's alright
But don't you ever forget
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the man with the mic
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Now get a hold of yourself,
man, and think positive
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Because that's definitely
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the only way to live
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Don't let your mind flow like
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water from a cup
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And don't you ever let me hear
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you say that you're giving up
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It's called survival
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Only the strong can survive
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It's called survival
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Only the strong can survive
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It's called survival
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In order to stay alive
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It's called survival, survival,
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survival
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Remember, a child is born
with no state of mind
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He was blind to the ways of mankind
God is smiling on you,
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but he's frowning too
Because only
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God knows what you'll go through
Ha!
Survival
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Only the strong can survive,
it's called survival
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And only the strong can survive,
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it's called survival
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In order to stay alive,
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Survival, survival,
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survival
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Background
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You
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Message II (Survival)
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