I don't regret nothing that I have done At this point I don't owe an explanation
Man, they you when you up you when you down Look around, VH1 man, where are down is amusing, nobody like to see you cruising But like to see you losing So I despise, on top of lies And if it prophesied I'll be And one day, I my rhodium on the day I hit the podium Now I'm on top and salty like sodium
A gift to this man, wrap me with a ribbon Why do you look for a dead the living Some thought I was crazy, some thought I was Some said I was lazy, said I was different I was so loaded, everybody floated But once I got the then I got focused And then I saw the motive, so everybody it So I did the way it and live it the way I quote it, come on
Gotta survive in this that's being given to me When it seems that the keeps crushing on me When I'm at the back, just keep it real Gotta survive, gotta Gotta survive in this that's being given to me So I try and I try to be true When it seems that the keeps crushing on me Gotta survive, survive
up, trying to tell me what I'm not Pull up in the 'Bach, now I'm all of the hot Now want to stop just to look at what I got they want my home man, left me out to rot So I had to make it on my own, it on my own I out the hood I had to 'scape it on my own Believe me now, easy now 'Cause see me now and I'm on TV now
But it started out low budget Then I it around the world the folks love it In the man, my life it was so rugged But now I like a gold nugget, 'cause I made the most of it I how you feeling man, I was weary Some days I to sit there, my eyes all teary Thinking to myself, do hear me Now I know, you making it out is not a theory, on
Gotta survive in life that's being given to me When it that the world keeps crushing on me When I'm at the back, just keep it real Gotta survive, gotta survive in this life that's being given to me So I try and I try to be really When it seems that the world crushing on me survive, gotta survive
I've been laughed at, talked about, But I got a Bentley and I'm still not a dude And you know it's not coincidence, me and you is not so intimate I can't fake, I shake, I don't break I lose, I don't use, I don't groove I never lacked and I'm never back I'm you ever sorrow I'm telling you I'm immortal
Gotta survive in life that's being given to me When it seems the world keeps crushing on me I'm down at the back, just keep it real Gotta survive, survive Gotta survive in life that's being given to me So I try and I try to be true When it seems that the world crushing on me Gotta survive, gotta
Got to, got to Keep your head held Got to, got to Keep head to the sky Got to, got to We can it every time Got to, got to Gotta survive, gotta
Gotta survive in this life that's given to me (Yeah) When it seems the world keeps crushing on me When I'm down at the back, keep it real (You know there is nothing in world) Gotta survive, gotta (That separate me) Gotta survive in life that's being given to me (From I believe So I try and I try to be really (from what achieved) When it seems the world keeps crushing on me (All of this is of him) Gotta survive, gotta (And I'm you now)
survive in this life that's being given to me (As as you all don't want to hear this) When it seems that the world keeps on me (I could do to myself) When I'm at the back, just keep it real Gotta survive, gotta (It's all through him, all through him) Gotta survive in this that's being given to me (So all the world) So I try and I try to be really (You don't know success) When it seems the world keeps crushing on me (Until you him) survive, gotta survive (And him is Jesus)