Message II (Survival) (Remix) chords and lyrics - GRANDMASTER FLASH & MELLE MEL

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[Intro 1]
[Am]
[C][Am]
[C][Am][C]

[Verse 1]
[C]Survival,
[Am]only the strong can survive[C]
It's called survival,
only [Am]the strong [C]can survive
[F]It's cal[C]led survival, in ord[Am]er to stay alive
[C]It's called survival, survival,
survival, survival
[Am]They smile

[Verse 2]
in your face and
they talk behind your back
And when you do [C]the story,
it's never exact
[Am]Some say, they[C]'re your friends
but they really are not
because they are only out to trying
to get what [Am]you've got
[C]Survival,

[Verse 3]
only the strong can survive
It's called survival,
only the strong can survive
[F]It's called survival,[C] in
order to stay alive
It's called survival, survival,
survival, survival

[Verse 4]
In jail [C]they got a game and
[Am]they call it survival
They run it down to you
[C]on your first arrival
They tell you what you can and
what you cannot do,
so if you're ever going to jail, watch
your, umm, umm
It's called survival, only
the strong [F]can survive
It's [C]called survival,
only the strong can survive
It's called survival,
[Am]in order to stay alive
It's called survival, survival, survival, survival

[Verse 5]
I went [Am]looking for [G]a job,
[C]every day [Am]last week
but it turned into [C]a crazy game
of "hide [Am]and seek"
Because every place that I [C]seemed to look,
a job was[Am]n't there
I might as well apply [G]for food-
[C]stamps or wel[Am]fare
It's [C]called survival

[Verse 6]
and only
the strong can survive
[F]It's cal[C]led sur[Am]vival and only
[C]the strong can survive
It's called survival in order to stay alive
[F]It's cal[C]led survival, survival,
[Am]sur [C]vival, surviva[Am]l

[Verse 7]
Like [Am]Hercules, [G]you[C] body is [Am]strong
but your mind is like the Dev[G]il,
[C]your [Am]ideals are wrong
You [C]hurt people's feelings and
mess with their minds
Didn't have the nerve to call me
brother or wave the big sign
The young and the old,
they all hate your sight because of people like you,
they're scared to walk in the night
It's [Am]called survival

[Verse 8]
[C]and only
the strong [Am]can survive
It's [C]called survival and only
the strong can survive
[F]It's cal[C]led survival in order to stay alive
[F]It's cal[C]led survival, survival,
survival, sur[F]vival
[C]The problems

[Verse 9]
of the world today are
bigger than live
You have recessions and depressions,
[Am]men [C]are cheating on their wives
Babies born each morn' with parts
of their [Am]bod ies gone
because of some crazy drug that
their mother [G]was on
[C]This country is fightin' not [Am]unitin',
always putting each other down
Blacks [G]and [C]whites [Am]don't realize that
they're really pink and brown
You got gun tootin' [C]cut- throats,
stress and strife
and look[Am]ing out for number
one is a way of live

[Verse 10]
It's called sur[C]vival and only
the strong can survive
[F]It's cal[C]led survival and only
[Am]the strong [C]can survive
[F]It's cal[C]led survival in
[Am]order [C]to stay alive
It's called survival, survival,
survival, [F]survival
[C]You've got to

[Verse 11]
lock all your windows,
chain up all your doors
to protect what's in[Am]side
of your houses or stores
Beware of [C]the food, it might be no [Am]good
'cause there's someone trying to
poison the [C]whole neighbourhood
Today they found something
[Am]that somebody stored
They said, "He killed ten people
and hurt four more"
They can't [C]even trust
the pill to make live easier
when [Am]there's sudden death
on your roses freezer

[Verse 12]
[Am]Survival, [C]only the strong can[Am] survive
It's called survival,
[C]only the strong can survive
It's called sur[Am]vival,
[C]in order to sta[Am]y alive
It's called survival, sur[C]vival,
survival, [Am]survival

[Verse 13]
About to lose [Am]your mind because
live is hard
and yet you believe [G]in everything
[C]but[C] god
[Am]Those pretty women lost of money,
yeah, that's alright
but don't you ever forget
[C]the man with the might
Now get a hold of yourself man,
think positive
because that's def[C]initely
the only way to live
Don't let you mind flow,
like water from a cup
and don't you ever let me hear
you say that [Am]you're giving up

[Verse 14]
It's called survival,
only the [C]strong can survive
It's called survival,
only [C]the strong can survive
It's called survival in order to stay alive
It's called survival, survival, survival,

[Verse 15]
survival
[C]Remember: a child is born with
no state of mind
He was blind to the ways of mankind
God is smiling on you but he's
frowning too
because only god knows
what you'll go through

[Verse 16]
Survival, [C]only the strong
can survive
It's called survival and
only the strong can survive
It's called survival in order to stay alive
It's called survival, survival, survival, survival