The Message II (Survival)

The Message II (Survival) easy guitar chords by Grandmaster Melle Mel

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    Verse 1
    Survival, 

    only 
    the strong 
    can 
    sur
    vive 

    It's 
    called 
    survival, 

    only 
    the strong 
    can 
    sur
    vive 

    It's 
    called 
    survival, 
    in 
    order 
    to 
    stay 
    alive 

    It's 
    called 
    survival, 
    survival, 

    survival, 
    survival 

    They smile 
    Verse 2
    in 
    your 
    face 
    and 

    they talk 
    behind 
    your 
    back 

    And 
    when 
    you 
    do 
    the story, 

    it's 
    never 
    exact 

    Some 
    say, 
    they're 
    your friends 

    but 
    they really 
    are not 

    because 
    they 
    are only 
    out 
    to trying 

    to get 
    what 
    you've 
    got 

    Survival, 
    Verse 3
    only 
    the strong 
    can 
    survive 

    It's 
    called survival, 

    only 
    the strong 
    can 
    survive 

    It's 
    called 
    surviv
    al, in 

    order to stay 
    alive 

    It's 
    called survival, 
    survival, 

    survival, 
    survival 

    Verse 4
    In jail 
    they got 
    a game and 

    they call 
    it survival 

    They run 
    it down to 
    you 

    on your 
    first arrival 

    They 
    tell you what 
    you can and 

    what you cannot 
    do, 

    so if 
    you're ever 
    going 
    to jail, watch 

    your, umm, umm 

    It's called 
    survival, only 

    the strong 
    can survive 

    It's 
    called 
    survival, 

    only 
    the strong 
    can survive 

    It's called 
    survival, 

    in order 
    to stay alive 

    It's called 
    survival, 
    survival, survival, 
    survival 

    Verse 5
    went 
    looking 
    for 
    a job, 

    every 
    day 
    last 
    week 

    but 
    it 
    turned 
    into 
    a crazy 
    game 

    of 
    "hide 
    and 
    seek" 

    Because 
    every 
    place 
    that I 
    seemed 
    to look, 

    a job 
    was
    n't 
    there 

    I might 
    as 
    well 
    apply 
    for food- 

    stamps 
    or 
    wel
    fare 

    It's 
    called 
    survival 
    Verse 6
    and 
    only 

    the strong 
    can 
    sur
    vive 

    It's 
    called 
    survival 
    and 
    only 

    the strong 
    can 
    survive 

    It's 
    called 
    survival 
    in 
    order 
    to 
    stay 
    alive 

    It's 
    called 
    survival, 
    survival, 

    sur
    vival, 
    surviv
    al 

    Verse 7
    Like 
    Hercules, 
    you 
    body 
    is strong 

    but 
    your 
    mind 
    is 
    like 
    the Dev
    il, 

    your 
    ideals 
    are wrong 

    You 
    hurt 
    people's 
    feelings 
    and 

    mess 
    with 
    their minds 

    Didn't 
    have 
    the nerve 
    to 
    call 
    me 

    brother 
    or 
    wave 
    the big 
    sign 

    The 
    young 
    and 
    the 
    old, 

    they 
    all 
    hate 
    your 
    sight 
    because 
    of 
    people 
    like 
    you, 

    they're 
    scared 
    to walk 
    in 
    the night 

    It's 
    called 
    survival 
    Verse 8
    and 
    only 

    the strong 
    can 
    survive 

    It's 
    called 
    survival 
    and 
    only 

    the strong 
    can 
    sur
    vive 

    It's 
    called 
    survival 
    in 
    order 
    to 
    stay 
    alive 

    It's 
    called 
    survival, 
    survival, 

    survival, 
    sur
    vival 

    The problems 
    Verse 9
    of the world 
    today are 

    bigger 
    than live 

    You have recessions 
    and 
    depressions, 

    men 
    are 
    cheating 
    on 
    their 
    wives 

    Babies born 
    each 
    morn' with 
    parts 

    of 
    their 
    bod
    ies gone 

    because 
    of some 
    crazy 
    drug that 

    their 
    mother 
    was 
    on 

    This country 
    is fightin' 
    not 
    unitin', 

    always 
    putting each 
    other 
    down 

    Blacks 
    and 
    whites 
    don't 
    realize 
    that 

    they're 
    really 
    pink and 
    brown 

    You 
    got 
    gun 
    tootin' 
    cut- throats, 

    stress 
    and 
    strife 

    and 
    look
    ing 
    out for number 

    one 
    is a way of 
    live 

    Verse 10
    It's called 
    sur
    vival 
    and 
    only 

    the strong 
    can sur
    vive 

    It's 
    called 
    survival 
    and 
    only 

    the strong 
    can sur
    vive 

    It's 
    called 
    survival 
    in 

    order 
    to 
    stay 
    alive 

    It's 
    called 
    survival, 
    survival, 

    survival, 
    survival 

    You've 
    got to 
    Verse 11
    lock 
    all 
    your 
    windows, 

    chain up all your 
    doors 

    to protect 
    what's 
    in
    side 

    of your 
    houses or 
    stores 

    Beware 
    of 
    the 
    food, it might 
    be 
    no 
    good 

    'cause 
    there's someone 
    trying to 

    poison 
    the 
    whole neighbourhood 

    Today 
    they found 
    something 

    that 
    somebody 
    stored 

    They 
    said, "He 
    killed 
    ten 
    people 

    and hurt 
    four more" 

    They 
    can't 
    even 
    trust 

    the pill to 
    make live 
    easier 

    when 
    there's 
    sudden 
    death 

    on your roses 
    freezer 

    Verse 12
    Survival, 
    only 
    the strong 
    can 
    survive 

    It's 
    called 
    survival, 

    only 
    the strong 
    can 
    survive 

    It's 
    called 
    sur
    vival, 

    in 
    order 
    to 
    stay 
    alive 

    It's 
    called 
    survival, 
    sur
    vival, 

    survival, 
    survival 

    Verse 13
    About 
    to lose 
    your mind because 

    live is 
    hard 

    and 
    yet you believe 
    in everything 

    but god 

    Those pretty 
    women lost 
    of money, 

    yeah, that's alright 

    but don't 
    you ever forget 

    the man 
    with 
    the might 

    Now 
    get a hold of 
    yourself man, 

    think posit
    ive 

    because that's 
    def
    initely 

    the only 
    way to live 

    Don't 
    let you mind 
    flow, 

    like water from 
    a cup 

    and 
    don't you ever 
    let me hear 

    you say 
    that 
    you're giving 
    up 

    Verse 14
    It's 
    called survival, 

    only 
    the 
    strong 
    can survive 

    It's 
    called survival, 

    only 
    the strong 
    can survive 

    It's called 
    survival in 
    order to stay 
    alive 

    It's 
    called survival, 
    survival, 
    survival, 

    Verse 15
    survival 

    Remember: a child is 
    born with 

    no state of 
    mind 

    He was 
    blind to 
    the ways of 
    mankind 

    God is 
    smiling on 
    you but he's 

    frowning too 

    because 
    only god knows 

    what you'll 
    go through 

    Verse 16
    Survival, 
    only 
    the strong 

    can survive 

    It's called 
    surviv
    al and 

    only the 
    strong can 
    survive 

    It's 
    called survival 
    in order 
    to stay 
    alive 

    It's called survival, survival, survival, survival 

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