Only The Strong Survive Lyrics - Too $hort

On the microphone in 1993 

Short Dawg made me 

And he don't stop to the beat 

Nothing but a menace to society 

I always heard that you gotta be strong if you wanna survive 

Get your diploma, go to college, get a nine to five 

Every year, you're makin' 30 Gs a pop 

Workin', see, and you're tied to the white man's jock 

Movin' out of the ghetto 'cause it troubles you 

Makin' payments on a BMW 

I know you never would settle for the minimum snaps 

And have to live in the ghetto where the blacks be at 

And send your kids to a school that don't really teach 

How could I care about a college degree? 

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You think I wanna get cha 

Take you to the motel and straight get richer 

You must be crazy, smokin' that chronic 

I take you to the motel and then put my rubber on it 

And hope it don't bust so I can stay alive 

'Cause only the strong survive 

Only the strong survive 

Only the strong survive 

Only the strong survive 

Only the strong survive 

Only the strong survive 

So tell me what it is, man, tell me what you want 

Not talkin' 'bout the music but we likes to funk 

Ain't no such thang as a Oakland punk 

It don't matter who you are, you'll be in the trunk 

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You come twenty-five deep or maybe ten 

If I let your push me, then you push me again 

He was six foot four, they used to call him 'Sir' 

But he was smooth, gunned down by a teenage gangsta 

No bigger than me, never could be his self 

Always tryin' to act like someone else 

There just ain't no future for us young black men 

'Cause we always get killed or sent to the pen 

But even Malcolm X was a ex-convict 

And you can bet I won't go fo' it next time 

I'm kinda strong with my bullets in the clip 

That's why I never trip 'cause only the strong survive 

Only the strong survive 

Only the strong survive 

Only the strong survive 

Only the strong survive 

Only the strong survive 

Only the strong survive 

Only the strong survive 

You say, "Be a man, let's go toe to toe" 

But that was like fifteen years ago 

They say, "Only the strong will survive" 

But brothers be strong and still they die 

But you gotta get around that bush 

All the things we used to do, we can't push 

No more 'cause ain't nobody trippin' on us 

You wanna fight, mess around and get shot up 

See you layin' there, bleedin', losin' the fight 

All behind a broad and that just ain't right 

You could live or die, it just doesn't make a difference 

'Cause everybody knows about your sorry ass, simpin' for a hoe 

I thought you knew life is but the punk's so fake, he can't handle his 

So you weak fizz news ain't no surprise 'cause only the strong survive 

Only the strong survive 

Only the strong survive 

Only the strong survive 

Only the strong survive