Message II (Survival) chords by Grandmaster Flash, The Furious Five, Grandmaster Melle Mel
Intro 1
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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,
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 give them 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
and get what you've got
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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, 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, 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 seemed
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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
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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, survival
People like Hercules,
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your body is strong
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but your mind is like the devil,
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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,
they all hate your sight,
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because of people like you,
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they're 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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C
It's called survival.
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If only the strong can survive,
it's called survival
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C
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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 today
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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
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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C
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
C
It's called survival
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And only the strong can survive
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C
It's called survival
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In order to stay alive
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C
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It's called survival, 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 kill 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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C
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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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C
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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
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Survival, survival, survival
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About to lose your mind
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Because life is hard
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Yet you believe in everything
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But, God, those pretty women
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Lots of money, yeah, that's alright
But don't you ever forget
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C
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The man with the mic
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Now get a hold of yourself, man
Think positive
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Because that's definitely
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The only way to live
Don't let your mind flow
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Mike, wa ter from a cup,
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and don't you ever let me hear 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,
it's called survival
In order to stay alive,
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it's called survival,
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survival, 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 God knows
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what you'll go through
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,
it's called survival
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Survival, survival,
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survival
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Thanks watching, I'll time.
Message II (Survival)
Grandmaster Flash, The Furious Five, Grandmaster Melle Mel
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