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[Intro 1]
[Am]

[Verse 1]
Sur[C]vival
Sur[Am]vival
the strong can survive
It's called sur[C]vival
Only [Am]the strong can survive
It's called sur[C]vival
In order [Am]to stay alive
It's [C]called survival
Survival, [Am]survival, survival
They smile in your face
and they talk behind your back
And when you give [C]the story,
it's never ex[Am]act
Some say [C]they're your friends,
but they really are not
[Am]Because they're only out to [C]try
and [Am]get what you've got
Sur[C]vival
Only the strong [Am]can survive,
[F]it's called surviv[C]al
Only the [Am]strong can survive,
it's [C]called survival
In order to stay [Am]alive,
it's called sur[C]vival
Surviv[Am]al, survival, survival
In jail they got a [G]game,
[Am]and they call it survival
They run it down to you
on your first arrival
They tell you what you [G]can
and what you [Am]cannot do
So if you ever go to [G]jail, watch [C]ya
[Am]It's called surv[C]ival
Only the strong [Am]can survive
[F]It's cal[C]led survival
Only [Am]the strong [C]can survive,
[F]it's cal[C]led survival
In order [Am]to stay alive,
it's called sur[C]vival
[Am]Survival, sur[C]vival,
sur[Am]vival[C]
[Am][C][Am][C]
[Am]I went looking for a job[G]
[C]every day [Am]last week
But it turned into a crazy [C]game
of hide [Am]-and -seek
Because every place I [C]seemed
to look a job was[Am]n't there
I might as well apply for [G]food
stamps [C]or wel[Am]fare
It's [C]called survival
And only the strong can survive
[F]It's cal[C]led survival
And [Am]only the strong can sur[C]vive
It's called survival
In order to stay alive
[Am]It's calle[C]d survival,
survival, survival, survival
[Am]People like Hercules,
[G]your bod[C]y is [Am]strong,
but your mind is like the [G]devil,
[C]your [Am]ideals are wrong.
You [C]hurt people's feelings
and mess with their minds,
then have the nerve to call me brother
and wave the peace sign.
The young and the old,
they all hate your sight,
because of people like you,
they're scared to [Am]walk in the night.
[C]It's called survival,
if only the strong can survive,
[F]it's cal[C]led survival, if only the
[Am]Strong can survive,
it's called survival
[G]In [C]order [Am]to stay alive,
[F]it's cal[Am]led survival
Surviv[G]al, surviv[Am]al, survival
The prob[C]lems of the world today
are bigger than life
You have recessions and depressions
Men are cheating on their [F]wives
Babies [C]born each morn
with part of their bodies gone
Because of some crazy drug
that their mothers was on
There's countries fighting, not uniting
Always putting each other down
[F]Bla[C]cks and whites don't realize
that they're really pink and brown
[Am]You got gun joke, [G]cut [C]joke,
stress and [Am]strife
And looking out for number [C]one
[Am]is a way of life
It's called survival
And only the strong can survive
It's called sur[C]vival
And only the strong can sur[F]vive
It's [C]called survival
In [Am]order to [C]stay alive
[F]It's called surviv[C]al, surviv[Am]al, surviv[C]al,
sur[Am]vival[C][Am][C]
[Am][C][Am][G][Am][G][C]
[Am]You got to lock all your win[G]dows,
chain [C]up all [Am]your doors,
to protect what's inside [C]of
your houses and [Am]stores.
Beware of the [G]food,
it [C]might [Am]be no good,
cause there's someone trying to [G]poison
[C]the whole [Am]neighborhood. Ha!
Today they found [G]something
in some[C]body's [Am]store
They said kill ten [G]people
[C]and hurt four [Am]more
They can't even trust a [G]bill
[C]to make life [Am]easier
When there's sudden death
[G]on [C]your ros[Am]es' freezer
Survival
[G]Onl[C]y the strong can[Am] survive,
it's called survival
[G]Only [C]the strong can[Am] survive,
it's called survival
In [C]order to stay alive,
[F]it's called surviv[C]al
Survival, survival, [Am]surviv[C]al
[F]About to [C]lose your mind
Because life is hard
[Am]Yet you believe in every[G]thing
[Am]But, God, those pretty women
Lots of money, [C]yeah, that's al[Am]right
But don't you ever forget
[G]The man wit[C]h the[Am] mic
Now get a [C]hold of yourself, man
Think positive
Be[Am]cause that's definitely
[G]The [C]only way to [Am]live
Don't let your mind [G]flow [C]like wa[Am]ter from a cup and don't
you ever let me [G]hear you [C]say that you're giving [Am]up
it's called sur[C]vival
only the [Am]strong can survive
[F]it's called surviv[C]al
only [Am]the strong can survive
[F]it's called surviv[C]al
[Am]in order to stay alive
it's [C]called survival
survival survival
remem[F]ber [C]a child is born
With no state of mind,
[Am]he was blind to the ways[C] of mankind[Am]
God is smiling on you,
but he's frowning [Am]too
Because only God [G]knows
what you'll go through
[Am]Ha! Survival
[G]Onl[C]y the str[Am]ong can survive,
it's called survival
[C]And only the strong can survive,
it's called sur[Am]vival
[G]In [C]order to [Am]stay alive,
it's called sur[C]vival
[Am]Subaru! [G]Sub[C]aru!
[Am]Suba[G]ru![Am]
[Am][Am]
[Am][G][Am][C]
[Am][C][Am]
[C][Am][G][C]
[C][Am][C]
[C]
I'll see you next time.