[KRS-One] Yeah, all my fathers
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[Tekitha] That survive, gotta ride to break the illusion, confusion
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[KRS-One] Uh.. uh, word
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[Tekitha] Keep on fightin, strivin
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[KRS-One] Uh.. hold your head up!
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[Tekitha] Survivin, survivin
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[Tekitha] That survive, gotta ride to break the illusion, confusion
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[Tekitha] Keep on fightin, strivin, survivin, survivin
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[Verse One: uncredited - possibly Shuman]
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Yo, time to do what we gotta do
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These days, livin ain't true, but I ain't mad at you
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I don't got time for the stress and the nonsense
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So I try to stay blessed, but it's all tense
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When I awake, feel the sun on my right side
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It make me wanna grab a gun and change my lifestyle
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But it only goes so far, so live it up
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Or realize what you know star, and give it up
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Or either switch it up, gotta keep reppin on
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And lookin out for our kids, like the rest of (?)
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Now I know how it is, and what you're handin me
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So I can calculate the right moves for my family, yo
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[Tekitha] That survive, gotta ride to break the illusion, confusion
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[KRS-One] Keep on!
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[Tekitha] Keep on fightin, strivin
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[KRS-One] C'mon, c'mon!
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[Tekitha] Survivin, survivin
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[KRS-One] C'mon, that's right
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[Tekitha] That survive, gotta ride to break the illusion, confusion
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[Tekitha] Keep on fightin, strivin
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[KRS-One] Word up!
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[Tekitha] Survivin, survivin
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[Verse Two: KRS-One]
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C'mon, let's do this
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When it comes to the cash, we ain't equal
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Rich man, poor man, poverty defeats you
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Where my people? Yo, Kris see you
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There's only one of you, that's why you gotta be you
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Them others be see-through, flashin and flossin
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Me I'm with Inebriated Beats in Boston
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Strivin, survivin, we get cash often
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But do you really know what daycare be costin?
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All my fathers, all my mothers
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All my sisters, all my brothers
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Hold your head up and teach them younger cats
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It ain't where you're from, it's where you're at!
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[Tekitha] That survive, gotta ride to break the illusion, confusion
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[Tekitha] Keep on fightin, strivin, survivin, survivin
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[Tekitha] That survive, gotta ride to break the illusion, confusion
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[Tekitha] Keep on fightin, strivin, survivin, survivin
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[Verse Three: uncredited - possibly Priest]
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Now see I'm livin just to die without most any reason
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So I keep on chasin paper 'til it's time to go
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But should I really go for mine and put the clip all in the 9
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Or stay at the 9 to 5 a day I just don't know
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But a brother got a daughter I gotta support her
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Caught up in the system inside a order, man I can't afford
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a kitted Escalade, or bling bling
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And so I gotta keep survivin, is the song that I keep singin
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I try to keep my head off the floor, the country's goin to war
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While Bush is givin dough to NASA and ain't feedin the poor
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But I keep love over these beats, these beats keep me alive
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Alive, I got to stay the Priest, I will survive y'all
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[Tekitha] That survive, gotta ride to break the illusion, confusion
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[KRS-One] Uh, word
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[Tekitha] Keep on fightin, strivin, survivin, survivin
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[KRS-One] C'mon, c'mon.. SURVIVIN
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[Tekitha] That survive, gotta ride to break the illusion, confusion
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[KRS-One] Uhh! Keep your head up, word!
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[Tekitha] Keep on fightin, strivin, survivin, survivin
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[KRS-One] C'mon, uhh.. SURVIVIN
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[Tekitha] That survive, gotta ride to break the illusion, confusion
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[KRS-One] Uh
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[Tekitha] Keep on fightin, strivin, survivin, survivin
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[KRS-One] Word! Uh-huh
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[Tekitha] That survive, gotta ride to break the illusion, confusion
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[KRS-One] Uh.. ALL MY FATHERS
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[Tekitha] Keep on fightin, strivin, survivin, survivin
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[KRS-One] Word!
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[KRS-One]
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Sadat X, is down wit us
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Stud Doogie, is down wit us
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Lord Jamar, down wit us
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Alamo, you down wit us
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Grand Puba, down wit us
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Brand Nubian, down wit us
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Shuman, you down wit us
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Yo Priest, you down wit us
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Marlo, you down wit us
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Choco, you down wit us
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Vangod(?), you down wit us
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Desmond Terrow(?), you down wit us
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Cliff Cultrary(?), you down wit us
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Yo Tekitha, you down wit us
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Aiyyo RZA, you down wit us
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The whole Wu-Tang, is down wit us
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Makin funky music is a must!
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Makin funky music is a must!
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