“Survivor” Lyrics [Written by ESQ & Chief WaKiL]

Hook:
They tell that I wouldn’t survive this long
but I’m still alive (uh oh)

Verse:
Ive been beat up and bruised
Used and abused
Soul worn down and tossed like old shoes
When my mind lost hope and my body stopped breathing
My heart stepped in and it beat in believing
There was more to life than this season
I tread through the storm with wounds that need healing
Backpack packed with pain that’s still bleeding
Death grip squeeze I got to proceed I

I live through constant struggles but it will not be my end
Living fearfully - Im not
turning back where I began
abused beaten broken and
spirit’s feels its dying but
as long as Im living
I pick myself back up
I cant let my fear - be my downfall
So I use it as fuel to make my doubt fall
I choose to stay alive
a champ in disguise
like a legend on the rise
I will survive

Hook:
They tell that I wouldn’t survive this long
but I’m still alive (uh oh) [2x]

Chorus:
You thought you’d kill me
only made me stronger
surprised to survive a little longer [2x]

Verse:
Another day another fear I fight with
the lie in my mind says I won’t survive it
but I’m like Ali
a champ who I be
tell the devil better not catch you by me
but I just gotta realize it
but you don’t understand all the B.S I get
life is like a 90s bout vs Tyson
any second I can down - I might as well give up
Negative - scratch that - get up
look up at the giant that you face right now - and hit him
POW - even he don’t go down
keeping going even though it’s been four rounds
cause everything don’t happen when you want it to
as long as your alive - strive for the “W”
and that’s word from the “W”
cause you’re a winner still living through the things that troubled you

Hook:
They tell that I wouldn’t survive this long
but I’m still alive (uh oh) [2x]

Chorus:
You thought you’d kill me
only made me stronger
surprised to survive a little longer [2x]

I’m a survivor - I’m a survivor
I’m a survivor - I’m a survivor

Say, I’m a survivor - I’m a survivor
I’m a survivor - I’m a survivor

Verse:
It hard to weight the constant struggles that your dwelling in
thin change of living thought it all so you give in
and give up the one percent of faith you were leaning on
weak from storm cause it last to long but
keep walking forward
cause your a champion
when they knock you down - you get up
and you attack again
and keep running believing you'll see the sun again
dodge till you find an in - TKO it for the win
there’s a reason why your journey like this
you’ll see it in the end it’ll all make sense
kings and queens will see a legend in the midst
who looked fear in the eye and resist to enlist
in the war on the side of the folks who never try
rather die and deny their chance to survive
you keep strong
you gotta carry through the pain you’ll arise
you’ll survive it alive

Hook:
They tell that I wouldn’t survive this long
but I’m still alive (uh oh) [2x]

Chorus:
You thought you’d kill me
only made me stronger
surprised to survive a little longer [2x]

I’m a survivor - I’m a survivor
I’m a survivor - I’m a survivor

Say, I’m a survivor - I’m a survivor
I’m a survivor - I’m a survivor