[KRS-One] Yeah, all my [Tekitha] That survive, gotta ride to break the illusion, Uh.. uh, word [Tekitha] on fightin, strivin [KRS-One] Uh.. your head up! [Tekitha] Survivin, [Tekitha] That survive, gotta ride to the illusion, confusion [Tekitha] on fightin, strivin, survivin, survivin
[Verse One: uncredited - possibly Yo, time to do what we do These days, livin ain't true, but I mad at you I got time for the stress and the nonsense So I try to blessed, but it's all tense When I awake, feel the sun on my right It me wanna grab a gun and change my lifestyle But it only goes so far, so it up Or realize what you know star, and it up Or either switch it up, gotta keep on And lookin out for our kids, the rest of (?) Now I know how it is, and you're handin me So I can calculate the right for my family, yo
That survive, gotta ride to break the illusion, confusion [KRS-One] on! [Tekitha] Keep on fightin, C'mon, c'mon! [Tekitha] Survivin, [KRS-One] C'mon, right [Tekitha] That survive, gotta ride to break the illusion, [Tekitha] on fightin, strivin Word up! [Tekitha] Survivin,
[Verse Two: C'mon, do this it comes to the cash, we ain't equal Rich man, poor man, poverty you Where my people? Yo, see you There's one of you, that's why you gotta be you Them others be see-through, and flossin Me I'm with Inebriated in Boston Strivin, survivin, we get often But do you really know daycare be costin? All my fathers, all my All my sisters, all my Hold your head up and them younger cats It ain't you're from, it's where you're at!
[Tekitha] That survive, gotta ride to the illusion, confusion Keep on fightin, strivin, survivin, survivin [Tekitha] That survive, gotta ride to the illusion, confusion Keep on fightin, strivin, survivin, survivin
[Verse Three: - possibly Priest] Now see I'm livin just to die without most any So I keep on chasin paper 'til it's to go But should I really go for mine and put the all in the 9 Or stay at the 9 to 5 a day I just know But a brother got a I gotta support her Caught up in the system a order, man I can't afford a kitted Escalade, or bling And so I gotta keep survivin, is the song I keep singin I try to keep my head off the floor, the goin to war Bush is givin dough to NASA and ain't feedin the poor But I keep love over these beats, these beats keep me Alive, I got to the Priest, I will survive y'all
[Tekitha] survive, gotta ride to break the illusion, confusion [KRS-One] Uh, [Tekitha] on fightin, strivin, survivin, survivin [KRS-One] C'mon, c'mon.. [Tekitha] survive, gotta ride to break the illusion, confusion Uhh! Keep your head up, word! [Tekitha] on fightin, strivin, survivin, survivin [KRS-One] C'mon, uhh.. [Tekitha] That survive, gotta ride to the illusion, confusion Uh [Tekitha] on fightin, strivin, survivin, survivin [KRS-One] Word! [Tekitha] That survive, gotta ride to the illusion, confusion Uh.. ALL MY FATHERS [Tekitha] on fightin, strivin, survivin, survivin Word!
Sadat X, is wit us Stud Doogie, is wit us Lord Jamar, wit us Alamo, you wit us Grand Puba, wit us Nubian, down wit us Shuman, you wit us Yo Priest, you wit us Marlo, you wit us Choco, you wit us Vangod(?), you wit us Desmond Terrow(?), you wit us Cliff Cultrary(?), you wit us Yo Tekitha, you wit us RZA, you down wit us The Wu-Tang, is down wit us Makin music is a must! Makin funky is a must!
{*sampled: "One For All.. All.. All.." to fade*}