Survival

Album: The Marshall Mathers LP 2 (2013)
Charted: 22 16
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  • (Yeah) this is survival of the fittest
    This is do or die
    This is the winner takes it all
    So take it all, all, all-all

    Wasn't ready to be no millionaire, I was ill-prepared
    I was prepared to be ill though, the skill was there
    From the beginning, it wasn't 'bout the ends
    It was 'bout busting raps and standing for something, fuck an acronym
    Cut the fucking act like you're happy, I'm fucking back again
    With another anthem, why stop when it doesn't have to end?
    It ain't over 'til I say it's over, enough when I say enough
    Throw me to them wolves and close the gate up
    I'm afraid of what'll happen to them wolves
    When the thought of being thrown into an alligator pit, I salivate at it
    Wait is up, hands up like it's twelve noon, nah, homie
    Hold them bitches straighter up, wave 'em 'til you dislocate a rotator cuff
    Came up rough, came to ruffle feathers, nah, egos
    I ain't deflate enough, last chance to make this whole stadium erupt

    This is survival of the fittest
    This is do or die
    This is the winner takes it all
    So take it all, all, all-all

    I can see the finish line with each line that I finish
    I'm so close to my goals, I can almost pole vault over the goal post
    And if I don't got enough in the tank, maybe I can just siphon enough
    To fill up this last can, man will I survive in this climate or what?
    They said I was washed up, and got a blood bath
    I'm not a rapper, I'm an adapter, I can adjust
    Plus I can just walk up to a mic and just bust
    So floor's open if you'd like to discuss
    Top five in this mothafucka and if I don't make the cut
    What, like I give a fuck? I'ma light this bitch up like I'm driving a truck
    To the side of a pump, zero to sixty hop in and gun it
    Like G-Unit without the hyphen, I'm hyping 'em up
    And if there should ever come a time where my life's in a rut
    And I look like I might just give up, eh, might've mistook
    Me for bowing out I ain't taking a bow, I'm stabbing myself
    With a fucking knife in the gut, while I'm wiping my butt
    'Cause I just shitted on the mic, and I like getting cut
    I get excited at the sight of my blood, you're in a fight with a nut
    'Cause I'ma fight 'til I die or win
    Bitin' the dust it'll just make me angrier, wait
    Let me remind you of what got me this far, picture me quittin'
    Now draw a circle around it and put a line through it, slut
    It's survival of what

    This is survival of the fittest
    This is do or die
    This is the winner takes it all
    So take it all, all, all-all
    So take it all, all, all-all

    So get your ideas, stack your ammo
    But don't come unless you come to battle, now mount up, jump in the saddle
    This is it, it's what you eat, sleep, piss and shit
    Live, breathe, your whole existence just consists of this
    Refuse to quit, fuse is lit, can't defuse the wick
    I don't do this music shit, I lose my shit
    Ain't got shit to lose, it's the moment of truth
    It's all I know how to do, as soon as I get thrown in the booth, I spit
    But my respect is overdue, I'm showing you the flow no one do
    'Cause I don't own no diploma for school, I quit
    So there's nothing for me to fall back on, I know no other trades
    So you'd better trade your fucking mics in for some tool boxes
    'Cause you'll never take my pride from me
    It'll have to be pried from me, so pull out your pliers and your screwdrivers
    But I want you to doubt me, I don't want you to believe
    'Cause this is something that I must use to succeed
    And if you don't like me then fuck you
    Self esteem must be fucking shooting through the roof 'cause trust me
    My skin is too thick and bullet proof to touch me
    I can see why the fuck I disgust you
    I must be allergic to failure 'cause every time I come close to it
    I just sneeze, but I just go achoo then achieve

    This (this) is (is) survival of the fittest
    This (this) is (is) do or die
    This (this) is (is) the winner takes it all
    So take it all, all, all-all
    So take it all, all, all-all Writer/s: Erik Albert George Alcock, Khalil Abdul-Rahman, Liz Rodrigues, Marshall B Mathers III, Michael A. Elizondo, Michael Jr. Strange, Pranam Injeti
    Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Universal Music Publishing Group
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