Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song Survival, artist - KooladeDate of issue: 05.10.2009
Age restrictions: 18+
Song language: English
Survival |
| I was born in the beast’s belly |
| Running through the streets smelly |
| Daytime, summer hot like a fleece skully |
| Running 'round, no shirt on, throwing dirt bombs |
| Chasing little girls that had skirts on |
| If we wasn’t on the block then we going swimming |
| Public pool, feeling the butts of grown women |
| Little shorties trying to stroke ass |
| Swam in our shoes cause on the bottom was broke glass |
| On two hand touch I had a nice team |
| After the game, nana threw down money for ice cream |
| Yup, and Good Humor had the best stock |
| Some days I had to chase the truck to the next block |
| And if we got in a fight, you might get it |
| I was quick to pick up some shit and hit a nigga wit it |
| It didn’t matter, either bottle or stick, or a half a brick |
| I look back and I laugh at the shit |
| I had four different fights with the same guy |
| I won two, lost one and one was a tie |
| We always kept score like that |
| It was raw like that |
| I kinda wish now was more like that |
| It’s funny how the hood make you, it could break you |
| If your mind ain’t strong enough then it could take you |
| I used to wish that I could rise above it |
| I’d love it |
| But I was too young to understand the size of it |
| They say the name of the game is «survival» |
| Open the door I’m alive on arrival |
| And when I’m in I ain’t trying to leave |
| You don’t know what I’m trying to achieve |
| I’m trying to breathe |
| (Just breathe) Just breathe |
| Uh huh, just breathe |
| By the time I hit the age of 16 I wanted major cream |
| On the block, trying to shine like a laser beam |
| If you had the Gucci frames then the coochie came |
| It was all about the cats that had designer names |
| I couldn’t get the shit that some got |
| I didn’t sell crack rock, I didn’t have a wicked jump shot |
| I was known for rapping, keeping it popping |
| Finally I got a summer job, sweeping and mopping |
| Bringing home like four and some change was so strange |
| No more wearing them jeans with no names |
| I started dressing trying to out flash |
| So Fresh and So Clean clean like I was Outkast |
| A couple friends had another route |
| If they thought she had money on her, they’d knock your mother out |
| I had to see we wasn’t kids now |
| Same cats that played on the block with was doing bids now |
| From the past up until the present |
| To growing up and reaching adulthood from an adolescent |
| I see them 20 inch rims, I understand why you got those |
| Riding through Brooklyn, hitting potholes |
| It’s just a way to tell yourself that you finally made it |
| Don’t give a damn if the rest of the world kind of hate it |
| Nobody understand the wild type of shit we facing |
| And all we had to do to rise above the situation |
| They don’t understand the platinum chains and ice rings |
| They don’t realize we never had no nice things |
| I’ll always remember, how I started out though |
| Don’t ever forget, how it was without doe |
| This feels good like a swim in the gym |
| Representing for my women and men, feel me again |