Survivin' Lyrics - Kristyles - Krs One

[KRS-One] Yeah, all my fathers 

[Tekitha] That survive, gotta ride to break the illusion, confusion 

[KRS-One] Uh.. uh, word 

[Tekitha] Keep on fightin, strivin 

[KRS-One] Uh.. hold your head up! 

[Tekitha] Survivin, survivin 

[Tekitha] That survive, gotta ride to break the illusion, confusion 

[Tekitha] Keep on fightin, strivin, survivin, survivin 

[Verse One: uncredited - possibly Shuman] 

Yo, time to do what we gotta do 

These days, livin ain't true, but I ain't mad at you 

I don't got time for the stress and the nonsense 

So I try to stay blessed, but it's all tense 

When I awake, feel the sun on my right side 

It make me wanna grab a gun and change my lifestyle 

But it only goes so far, so live it up 

Or realize what you know star, and give it up 

Or either switch it up, gotta keep reppin on 

And lookin out for our kids, like the rest of (?) 

Now I know how it is, and what you're handin me 

So I can calculate the right moves for my family, yo 

[Tekitha] That survive, gotta ride to break the illusion, confusion 

[KRS-One] Keep on! 

[Tekitha] Keep on fightin, strivin 

[KRS-One] C'mon, c'mon! 

[Tekitha] Survivin, survivin 

[KRS-One] C'mon, that's right 

[Tekitha] That survive, gotta ride to break the illusion, confusion 

[Tekitha] Keep on fightin, strivin 

[KRS-One] Word up! 

[Tekitha] Survivin, survivin 

[Verse Two: KRS-One] 

C'mon, let's do this 

When it comes to the cash, we ain't equal 

Rich man, poor man, poverty defeats you 

Where my people? Yo, Kris see you 

There's only one of you, that's why you gotta be you 

Them others be see-through, flashin and flossin 

Me I'm with Inebriated Beats in Boston 

Strivin, survivin, we get cash often 

But do you really know what daycare be costin? 

All my fathers, all my mothers 

All my sisters, all my brothers 

Hold your head up and teach them younger cats 

It ain't where you're from, it's where you're at! 

[Tekitha] That survive, gotta ride to break the illusion, confusion 

[Tekitha] Keep on fightin, strivin, survivin, survivin 

[Tekitha] That survive, gotta ride to break the illusion, confusion 

[Tekitha] Keep on fightin, strivin, survivin, survivin 

[Verse Three: uncredited - possibly Priest] 

Now see I'm livin just to die without most any reason 

So I keep on chasin paper 'til it's time to go 

But should I really go for mine and put the clip all in the 9 

Or stay at the 9 to 5 a day I just don't know 

But a brother got a daughter I gotta support her 

Caught up in the system inside a order, man I can't afford 

a kitted Escalade, or bling bling 

And so I gotta keep survivin, is the song that I keep singin 

I try to keep my head off the floor, the country's goin to war 

While Bush is givin dough to NASA and ain't feedin the poor 

But I keep love over these beats, these beats keep me alive 

Alive, I got to stay the Priest, I will survive y'all 

[Tekitha] That survive, gotta ride to break the illusion, confusion 

[KRS-One] Uh, word 

[Tekitha] Keep on fightin, strivin, survivin, survivin 

[KRS-One] C'mon, c'mon.. SURVIVIN 

[Tekitha] That survive, gotta ride to break the illusion, confusion 

[KRS-One] Uhh! Keep your head up, word! 

[Tekitha] Keep on fightin, strivin, survivin, survivin 

[KRS-One] C'mon, uhh.. SURVIVIN 

[Tekitha] That survive, gotta ride to break the illusion, confusion 

[KRS-One] Uh 

[Tekitha] Keep on fightin, strivin, survivin, survivin 

[KRS-One] Word! Uh-huh 

[Tekitha] That survive, gotta ride to break the illusion, confusion 

[KRS-One] Uh.. ALL MY FATHERS 

[Tekitha] Keep on fightin, strivin, survivin, survivin 

[KRS-One] Word! 

[KRS-One] 

Sadat X, is down wit us 

Stud Doogie, is down wit us 

Lord Jamar, down wit us 

Alamo, you down wit us 

Grand Puba, down wit us 

Brand Nubian, down wit us 

Shuman, you down wit us 

Yo Priest, you down wit us 

Marlo, you down wit us 

Choco, you down wit us 

Vangod(?), you down wit us 

Desmond Terrow(?), you down wit us 

Cliff Cultrary(?), you down wit us 

Yo Tekitha, you down wit us 

Aiyyo RZA, you down wit us 

The whole Wu-Tang, is down wit us 

Makin funky music is a must! 

Makin funky music is a must! 

{*sampled: "One For All.. All.. All.." repeats to fade*}