Chords for Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five - Message II (Survival)

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_ _ [Cm] Survival, you're the strong one, survive, it's called survival.
[Eb] _ You're the [N] strong one, survive, it's called [Eb] survival.
You ought to do, stay alive, it's called survival.
Survival, survival, survival.
They smile in your face and they talk behind your back.
And when you give your story, it's never exact.
Some say they're your friends, but they really are not.
Because they're only trying to get what you got.
_ Survival, _ you're the strong one, survive, it's called survival.
_ You're the strong one, survive, it's called survival.
You ought to do, stay alive, it's called survival.
Survival, survival, survival.
In jail they got a game and they call it survival.
They run it [C] down to you on your first arrival.
They tell you what you can and what you cannot do.
So if you ever go to jail, watch out. _
It's called [Gm] survival.
[Eb] _ Only the strong can survive, it's called survival.
_ Only the strong can survive, it's called survival.
In order to [C] stay alive, it's called [Cm] survival.
Survival, survival, survival. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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I went looking for a job every day last week.
But it turned into [Bb] a crazy game of hide [Eb] and seek.
Because every place I seemed to look, a job wasn't there.
I might as well apply for food stamps or welfare.
It's called survival.
_ Only the strong can survive, it's called survival.
_ Only the strong can survive, it's called survival.
In order to stay alive, it's called survival.
Survival, survival, [D] survival.
_ You need to be strong, [Bbm] _
_ but your mind is like [C] the devil.
Your ideals are wrong.
You hurt people's feelings and mess with their minds.
Then have the nerve to call me brother and wave [Eb] the peace sign.
The young and the old, they all hate your sight.
Because of people like you, there's no walking tonight.
It's called survival.
Only the strong can survive, it's called survival.
Only the strong can survive, it's called survival.
In order to stay alive, it's called survival.
Survival, survival, survival.
The problems of the world today are bigger than life.
You have recessions and depressions.
Men are cheating on their wives.
Babies born, eat, mourn.
The part of their body gone and causing some crazy drugs that their mothers was on.
There's countries fighting, not uniting, always putting each other down.
Blacks and whites don't realize that they're reading their pink and brown.
You got guns, [Bb] cut, [Db] strokes, stress and stripes.
And looking out for number [Bb] one is a way of life.
It's called survival.
_ [Eb] Only the strong can survive, it's called survival.
Only the strong can survive, it's called survival.
In order to stay alive, it's called survival.
Survival, survival, survival. _ _ _ _
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_ _ You've got to lock all your windows, chain up all your doors
to protect what's inside of your house's doors.
Beware of the food, it might be no good
because there's someone trying to poison the whole neighborhood.
_ Today they found something in somebody's door.
They said it killed [Bb] tens of people [B] and hurt [Cm] four more.
They can't [Bb] even chase a bill to [Eb] make life easier
when there's sudden death on your roasted streets.
It's called survival. _
Only the strong can survive, it's called survival.
Only the strong can survive, it's called survival.
In order to stay alive, it's called survival.
Survival, survival, survival.
Lots of fools in your mind, they call it life.
It's hard yet you [C] believe in everything.
But, God, those dirty women, lots of money, yeah, that's all right.
But don't you ever forget the man with the knife.
Now get a hold of yourself, man, think positive
because that's definitely the only way to live.
Don't let your mind flow like water from a cup.
And don't you ever let me hear you say that you're giving up.
It's called [Eb] survival. _
Only the strong can survive, it's called survival. _
Only the strong can survive, it's called survival. _
In order to stay alive, it's called survival. _
Survival, survival, survival.
Remember, a child is born with no state [N] of mind.
He's blind to the ways of mankind.
[C] God is smiling on you, but he's frowning too
because only [N] God knows what you'll go through.
_ [Cm] Survival.
[Eb] _ Only the strong can [Cm] survive, it's called survival.
[Bb] [Eb] Only the strong can survive, it's [Bb] called survival.
In [Cm] order to stay alive, it's called survival.
Survival, survival, survival.
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