AKIR - Survive lyrics

Elders say, "Keep your focus
" smirk and say I’m hopeless
Addict for greenbacks
Rubber bands over mean stacks
I’ma get it I mean that like
Coke where the fiends at
Supplying, multiplying
Lying up in a mean shack
Ten rooms of fire, place, and a mean act
Super fly, she’s live ass and a mean rack
Drive you out of your mind, back up
And truck call me the Mack
Speeding behind until I reach
My peace of mind
This peace of mind? Plan to protect
It with a piece of mine fuck around
Blow out a piece of your mind it’s hard
Work, nigga musical artwork soon as I reach
I’ll climb there’s no
Stopping on four fours like bowlegged, low
Just watch the move
Don’t ask me why I do what I do
Back the fuck up while these
Live niggas step through
Back the fuck up while these
Live niggas step through

Stay alive, nigga
‘cause man is not the only to
Survive, nigga and so we keep this fire
Deep inside, nigga without it
You will wither up
And die, nigga stay alive, nigga to all
My live niggas, only few is prepared
To die, nigga pick up your people
Then go ahead
And ride, nigga get live, nigga
Survive, nigga stay alive, nigga

Stated as simple as I can
I am only one man in this
Grand scheme of things, about as
Small as an ant, holding
The dreams of those who
Believed but didn’t achieve, addicts
Pimps, and thieves who breathe by
These tricks up their sleeves
Niggas in prison see their living
Through survival as creed only
Eighteen, serving fiends and had
His mom signing deeds
To her new house, bank accounts
To the scenes with the cream
You know the scene
Same routine: judges gave him
Eighteen and you
Could see the repercussions through the bums
On the street head on
Their shoulders, falling over
They can’t get on their feet it’s hard
To balance when the foulness
Hit's ya elders say, "Read the scripture"
I say, "Do whatever fit's ya" I’ll pray
I’ll play my part it’s at the end of motion
Picture type twenty-three to plot
Changes with the age
Kid getting these papers to
Finance me rocking stages i’ll get patient
Then change
Switch: dental pair, health care
And paychecks

Stay alive, nigga
‘cause man is not the only to
Survive, nigga and so we keep this fire
Deep inside, nigga without it
You will wither up
And die, nigga stay alive, nigga to all
My live niggas, only few is prepared
To die, nigga pick up your people
Then go ahead
And ride, nigga get live, nigga
Survive, nigga stay alive, nigga

Yo, yo, some decide to play games
Some decide to take aim
Some decide to dickride
Piggyback off somebody’s fame
Some’ll pray on the weak
Some’ll wait for defeat
Some’ll wait for the chance to knock
You off your fucking feet
Challenge your balance, watch you
Fall in the street, pick up
Your keys and run you over with
Your own SUV i’ll keep an eye open, sleep
Make sure the sky’s over me ‘cause when
You over the sky, it’s over, you die time
Will tell my destiny more that
Equity i want my people
To love and respect me in
The struggle ‘til I’m stress-free
These thoughts are serious and
Much more than lyrical
Modern day negro spirituals
Contemporary biblical
There’s a lot in this world you
Might not be the dopest stay
Focused, always keep an eye
On your peripherals
No telling what these niggas’ll
Do don’t get sidetracked
My niggas ayyo, just do you

Stay alive, nigga
‘cause man is not the only to
Survive, nigga and so we keep this fire
Deep inside, nigga without it
You will wither up
And die, nigga stay alive, nigga to all
My live niggas, only few is prepared
To die, nigga pick up your people
Then go ahead
And ride, nigga get live, nigga
Survive, nigga stay alive, nigga

Stay alive, nigga
‘cause man is not the only to
Survive, nigga and so we keep this fire
Deep inside, nigga without it
You will wither up
And die, nigga stay alive, nigga to all
My live niggas, only few is prepared
To die, nigga pick up your people
Then go ahead
And ride, nigga get live, nigga
Survive, nigga stay alive, nigga