Alive

[Chorus: Swel Boogie]<br>You can`t kill the wise<br>We gon be here in your children`s eyes<br>And your children`s (children`s) children`s eyes<br>We was built to rise and we will survive<br><br>[Verse One: Swel Boogie]<br>Who`s gettin shitted on?<br>Who`s gettin shitted on?<br>Who`s the next motherfucker to get shitted on?<br>`Cause if that nigga is me, then we gon get it on<br>Don`t even smile in my face if we don`t get along<br>Yeah that`s right, I sound foul (so?)<br>And maybe even sound bocus, but focus<br>Just notice that I know how it feels to be hopeless<br>and homeless<br>But it ain`t about hard times<br>Everybody goes through a struggle that makes ya mind craze<br>and you thinkin who`s above you<br>but I get up, I don`t stay down<br>I got lot of shit to climb, get with the time<br>You shit on me? That`s fine<br>I`m at the finish line, now you behind<br>We in the race and I`m droppin your horse<br>Everything down my road is an obsticle course<br>And one by one I see `em go down<br>and I`m sweatin to win<br>Who`s goin get the gold<br>I see the fool is bettin, it`s him<br>So now we`re toe-to-toe, eye-to-eye<br>Will you survive?<br>My crew will strive, we clever why<br>We never die<br>It`s true we rise<br><br>(Chorus 2x)<br><br>[Verse Two: Jise One]<br>We were stranded on jungles of concrete<br>Primal fear scuffin my feet<br>where paper scuffle spear head pens<br>and rhymes is good to eat<br>Where two species of snake meet ground<br>Pound instinct, swamp walkin a leech<br>A street parasite wedgin my soul to heat<br>Machetero, puro latino<br>Hybrid with hyena<br>Laugh it off scrapin the blood sucka off<br>Racing a cheetah<br>key to the world<br>I walk, I talk in my step<br>Guerilla suited and fitted who chalk reps<br>Shitted with hearts knitted<br>My tribes kept and never slept<br>Night watch changin my shift<br>Just in case of deadly concepts<br>possess a myth that I could sniff<br>my prev`s shadow in my perimeter<br>Sinister sounds at night<br>so I hibernate in the winter<br><br>(Chorus 2x)<br><br>[Verse Three: Q-Unique]<br>I stand evenly against all odds<br>Now at a war with the gods<br>so from the heavens came triggered bullets to dodge<br>Struggle to survive, it`s never ending<br>My eyes locked on the bonus plan<br>Though adversity keeps it pendin<br>Food, shelter, riches, hopes, dreams, wishes<br>But life could be like a mixer<br>sometimes the fader switches<br>Watchin as time passes to the last sand granular<br>Put on to run the streets without a survival manual<br>I move day to day, unaware but well prepared<br>Digest the proper rations and framed lenses<br>to help my stare<br>exists `cause I`m one step ahead<br>Never get ahead of myself<br>`cause one too many steps could be<br>one step ya dead<br>I`ve played many times with the chess master<br>Lost some of my pawns and sent my knights into shear<br>a great disaster<br>I stratagize right through life`s highway<br>At the end smile with Sinatra`s sureness<br>`cause I know I did it +my way+<br><br>(Chorus 2x)<br><br>[DJ Spin One cuts up]<br>"the soul survivor" -> Lil` Fame