The Message chords by Grandmaster Flash & Melle Mel
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(A minor)
Verse 1
Sur (C major) vival
Survival (A minor)
the strong can survive
It's called sur (C major) vival
Only the strong (A minor) can survive
It's called sur (C major) vival
In order to (A minor) stay alive
It's (C major) called survival
Survival, survival, (A minor) survival
They smile in your face
and they talk behind your back
And when you give the story, (C major)
it's never ex (A minor) act
Some say they're (C major) your friends,
but they really are not
(A minor) Because they're only out to (C major) try
and (A minor) get what you've got
Sur (C major) vival
Only the strong can (A minor) survive,
(F major) it's called sur (C major) vival
Only the (A minor) strong can survive,
it's (C major) called survival
In order to stay (A minor) alive,
it's called sur (C major) vival
Surviv (A minor) al, survival, survival
In jail they got a (G major) game,
(A minor) and they call it survival
They run it down to you
on your first arrival
They tell you what you (G major) can
and what you (A minor) cannot do
So if you ever go to (G major) jail, watch ya (C major)
(A minor) It's called survival (C major)
Only the strong (A minor) can survive
(F major) It's (C major) called survival
Only the strong (A minor) (C major) can survive,
(F major) it's (C major) called survival
In order to (A minor) stay alive,
it's called sur (C major) vival
Survival, (A minor) sur (C major) vival,
sur (A minor) vival (C major)
(A minor) (C major) (A minor) (C major)
(A minor) I went looking for a (G major) job
(C major) every day last (A minor) week
But it turned into a crazy game (C major)
of hide (A minor) -and -seek
Because every place I (C major) seemed
to look a job was (A minor) n't there
I might as well apply for (G major) food
stamps or (C major) wel (A minor) fare
It's (C major) called survival
And only the strong can survive
(F major) It's (C major) called survival
And (A minor) only the strong can sur (C major) vive
It's called survival
In order to stay alive
(A minor) It's (C major) called survival,
survival, survival, survival
People like (A minor) Hercules,
(G major) your (C major) body is (A minor) strong,
but your mind is like the (G major) devil,
(C major) your ideals (A minor) are wrong.
You hurt (C major) people's feelings
and mess with their minds,
then have the nerve to call me brother
and wave the peace sign.
The young and the old,
they all hate your sight,
because of people like you,
they're scared to (A minor) walk in the night.
(C major) It's called survival,
if only the strong can survive,
(F major) it's (C major) called survival, if only the
Strong (A minor) can survive,
it's called survival
(G major) In (C major) order to (A minor) stay alive,
(F major) it's (A minor) called survival
Surviv (G major) al, surviv (A minor) al, survival
The prob (C major) lems of the world today
are bigger than life
You have recessions and depressions
Men are cheating on their (F major) wives
Babies (C major) 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
Always putting each other down
(F major) Black (C major) s and whites don't realize
that they're really pink and brown
You got (A minor) gun joke, (G major) cut joke, (C major)
stress and (A minor) strife
And looking out for number one (C major)
(A minor) is a way of life
It's called survival
And only the strong can survive
It's called sur (C major) vival
And only the strong can sur (F major) vive
It's (C major) called survival
In (A minor) order to stay (C major) alive
(F major) It's called sur (C major) vival, sur (A minor) vival, sur (C major) vival,
sur (A minor) vival (C major) (A minor) (C major)
(A minor) (C major) (A minor) (G major) (A minor) (G major) (C major)
(A minor) You got to lock all your win (G major) dows,
chain (C major) up all (A minor) your doors,
to protect what's inside (C major) of
your houses and stores. (A minor)
Beware of the (G major) food,
it (C major) might be (A minor) no good,
cause there's someone trying to (G major) poison
the (C major) whole (A minor) neighborhood. Ha!
Today they found something (G major)
in some (C major) body's (A minor) store
They said kill ten people (G major)
(C major) and hurt four (A minor) more
They can't even trust a (G major) bill
to (C major) make life (A minor) easier
When there's sudden death
(G major) on (C major) your roses' (A minor) freezer
Survival
(G major) Only (C major) the strong can (A minor) survive,
it's called survival
Only (G major) (C major) the strong (A minor) can survive,
it's called survival
In (C major) order to stay alive,
(F major) it's called sur (C major) vival
Survival, survival, (A minor) surviv (C major) al
About (F major) to (C major) lose your mind
Because life is hard
(A minor) Yet you believe in (G major) everything
But, (A minor) God, those pretty women
Lots of money, (C major) yeah, that's al (A minor) right
But don't you ever forget
(G major) The man (C major) with (A minor) the mic
Now get a (C major) hold of yourself, man
Think positive
Be (A minor) cause that's definitely
The (G major) only (C major) way to (A minor) live
Don't let your mind flow (G major) like (C major) wa (A minor) ter from a cup and don't
you ever let me (G major) hear you (C major) say that you're giving up (A minor)
it's called sur (C major) vival
only the (A minor) strong can survive
(F major) it's called sur (C major) vival
only the strong (A minor) can survive
(F major) it's called sur (C major) vival
(A minor) in order to stay alive
it's (C major) called survival
survival survival
remem (F major) ber a (C major) child is born
With no state of mind,
(A minor) he was blind to the (C major) ways of mankind (A minor)
God is smiling on you,
but he's frowning (A minor) too
Because only God knows (G major)
what you'll go through
(A minor) Ha! Survival
(G major) Only (C major) the (A minor) strong can survive,
it's called survival
(C major) And only the strong can survive,
it's called sur (A minor) vival
(G major) In (C major) order to stay (A minor) alive,
it's called sur (C major) vival
Subaru! (A minor) (G major) (C major) Subaru!
(A minor) Subaru! (G major) (A minor)
(A minor) (A minor)
(A minor) (G major) (A minor) (C major)
(A minor) (C major) (A minor)
(C major) (A minor) (G major) (C major)
(C major) (A minor) (C major)
(C major)
I'll see you next time.
The Message
Grandmaster Flash & Melle Mel
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