[KRS-One] Yeah, all my [Tekitha] That survive, gotta ride to the illusion, confusion Uh.. uh, word [Tekitha] Keep on fightin, Uh.. hold your head up! [Tekitha] Survivin, That survive, gotta ride to break the illusion, confusion [Tekitha] on fightin, strivin, survivin, survivin
[Verse One: uncredited - possibly Yo, to do what we gotta do These days, ain't true, but I ain't mad at you I don't got time for the and the nonsense So I try to stay blessed, but it's all I awake, feel the sun on my right side It make me wanna grab a gun and change my 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, like the of (?) Now I how it is, and what you're handin me So I can calculate the right for my family, yo
[Tekitha] survive, gotta ride to break the illusion, confusion [KRS-One] on! Keep on fightin, strivin C'mon, c'mon! [Tekitha] Survivin, C'mon, that's right [Tekitha] That survive, gotta ride to break the illusion, Keep on fightin, strivin [KRS-One] up! Survivin, survivin
[Verse Two: C'mon, do this When it comes to the cash, we ain't man, poor man, poverty defeats you Where my Yo, Kris see you There's only one of you, that's why you be you Them others be see-through, flashin and Me I'm with Inebriated in Boston Strivin, survivin, we get cash But do you know what daycare be costin? All my fathers, all my All my sisters, all my Hold your up and teach them younger cats It where you're from, it's where you're at!
That survive, gotta ride to break the illusion, confusion [Tekitha] Keep on fightin, strivin, survivin, [Tekitha] That survive, gotta ride to the illusion, confusion Keep on fightin, strivin, survivin, survivin
[Verse Three: - possibly Priest] Now see I'm just to die without most any reason So I keep on paper 'til it's time 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 don't 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 my head off the floor, the country's goin to war Bush is givin dough to NASA and ain't feedin the poor But I keep love over these beats, these keep me alive Alive, I got to the Priest, I will survive y'all
[Tekitha] That survive, gotta to break the illusion, confusion [KRS-One] Uh, [Tekitha] on fightin, strivin, survivin, survivin [KRS-One] C'mon, c'mon.. That survive, gotta ride to break the illusion, confusion [KRS-One] Uhh! Keep your up, word! [Tekitha] Keep on fightin, strivin, survivin, [KRS-One] C'mon, uhh.. [Tekitha] That survive, gotta to break the illusion, confusion Uh [Tekitha] Keep on fightin, strivin, survivin, Word! Uh-huh [Tekitha] That survive, ride to break the illusion, confusion [KRS-One] Uh.. ALL MY [Tekitha] on fightin, strivin, survivin, survivin Word!
Sadat X, is wit us Doogie, is down wit us Lord Jamar, wit us Alamo, you wit us Puba, down wit us Brand Nubian, wit us Shuman, you wit us Yo Priest, you wit us Marlo, you wit us Choco, you wit us Vangod(?), you wit us Terrow(?), you down 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!
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