Gotta Survive Ma$e

[Intro]
I don't regret nothing that I have ever done
At this point I don't owe nobody an explanation

[Verse 1]
Man, they love you when you up
Kick you when you down
Look around, VH1 man, where are they now
Life is amusing, nobody like to see you cruising
But everybody like to see you losing
So I stop despise, on top of lies
And if it prophesized I'll be ostracised
One day, I lost my rodium on the day I hit the podium
Now I'm back on top and salty like sodium
A gift to this world man, wrap me with a ribbon
Why do you look for a dead among the living
Some thought I was crazy, some said I was missing
Some said I was lazy, some said I was different
I was so loaded, that everybody floated
But once I got the notice then I got focused
And then I saw the motive, so everybody bought it
So I did the way wrote it and live it the way I quote it
Come on

[Chorus]
Gotta survive in this life that's being given to me
When it seems that the world keeps crushing on me
When I'm down at the back, just keep it real
Gotta survive, gotta survive
Gotta survive in this life that's being given to me
(I'ma survivor, to survive)
So I try and to be all I can be (Survivor)
When it seems that the world keeps crushing on me
Gotta survive (Mase), gotta survive (I'ma survivor)