Survival (Toca Mix)

Uh-huh, uh-huh, yeah, mhm

T.O.N.Y., T.O.N.Y., T.O.N.Y., T.O.N.Y., T.O.N.Y., T.O.N.Y. Touch

Old school, loved to tell us twenty-four rhymes

Snort lines, spend a few weeks locked up for court fines

'Cause he'd rather lay it down, have a meal, place to chill

Just to put together thoughts, but it won't erase the ill

On the streets disillusioned, is it drugs that he's using?

Peddling for pennies, running scams, bug solution

On how to survive, it's hard to stay alive

When the fives try to end lives, man, it's all up in they eyes

Cold chill, hopped on the block, shoulder locked

Shit, a nigga crashed where he stood

Don't know if pain he felt or not

'Cause he always show the next day, smiles and jokes, let's say

He realize the blessing to breathe a breath is like the best hay

'Cause many souls have passed before his eyes

This experience makes this man much more than wise

But weak to the ways of the world, a slave to the girl

One eye just to get the mental fade then he pearls

It's so hard to survive, even yesterday

I fell to my knees and to God I prayed

Asking, oh Lord, please show me the way

'Cause somewhere along the path, I strayed

Couldn't dodge coppers, now you sick and Bob Barkers

In the county, had a bounty, OT, the God's darker

Down South, ATL'n it, what you need? Oh, we selling it

My man got knocked, federal intelligence

Transported to Fed Ps, had head ski, crack, coke, cooch

Getting loose, survival living proof

Collect calls are dub or pop, I love the opp

We're reminiscing, sixty seconds left, cuz we talk

Right until the last one

Always had ideas on where we could get the cash from

Nigga, hold your head and don't hesitate to ask, son

Back in the bunk, looking at the ceiling, cracking the skunk

Hard times, far cry from days as a youth, it's truth

Bizarre finds, the time that you lose can scar minds

Speak with his peace, but it's deep, she start crying

Old earth hurt 'cause ain't nothing worse than a heart dying