Survive

[Intro: Wale] I mean what's gon' be first thing you do when you, uh, when you catch your big break and you blow up, man? First thing I'ma do? I'ma get the fuck out the hood (Uh) [Verse 1: Wale] I gave 'em the story, they missed the whole plot Led 'em to water, but still they be high 'Drated, I'm afraid, I can't know the time 'Cause like every night, I be mourning a lot Survivor's remorse, that's all I be thinkin' Living too hard, hear dying is easy The concept of trying is not on the menu When niggas you eat with just die every week I got a friend I knew as a teen Had all the J's, had all the tings Had a few A's, driving a C But life is a B 'cause now he a fiend Survivor's remorse, the poster boy of it Pose you this question, who 'posed to be loyal? Nobody, your friend, your family, your bitch When you get money, it's only your lawyer, survive [Chorus: Ty Dolla $ign] See through my lens, it get shady (Shady) Can't turn my pain into patience this time Showing no grace, but I'm grateful (Grateful) We just living to survive [Verse 2: Nino Paid] Be grateful you woke up and got out of bed this morning, at least you alive I get it, the odds was never cut out in your favor, at least you was tryin' I'm physically tired, got aspirations of the future inside of my mind Survivor's remorse, I think of the people I left and I'm leavin' behind I gotta survive For all of my homies ain't make it this far, I gotta survive A couple of reasons you are who you are, you gotta survive Would you rather live or regret that you didn't? You gotta decide I'm living my story, it's already written, I gotta survive [Chorus: Ty Dolla $ign] See through my lens, it get shady (Shady) Can't turn my pain into patience this time Showing no grace, but I'm grateful (Grateful) We just living to survive [Bridge: Ty Dolla $ign & Wale] How many lives will they take? When will the good times outweigh the goodbyes? Sometimes it's hard to be faithful (It's hard to be faithful) They can't say I ain't been tryin' (Look) [Verse 3: Wale] No funny, no funny, I just got to Dulles My stomach is turnin', I go to Glenarden I'm covered by flowers, I made my third album I buried my brother, y'all don't know the pain Running on empty, I never did heal Luggage too heavy, I travel with pills What do you do if your man on parole? And he go where you go, but he don't know how to chill Survivor's remorse All of these youngins be dying too young All of these problems is foreign to y'all Y'all never paid for a child in a hearse for a bullet that missed everybody but her That's why I be sleepin' right after a Perc' If I get pulled over, just send me in there I did what I did 'cause I'd die if I don't You know how this shit go, it's survival, of course W— got hit, I was cryin' for months **** told me, "Moe, you gotta keep going We know who did it and we linin' 'em up" Make 'em proud in this jawn and survive [Outro: Wale & Ty Dolla $ign] Survive with me, dog, when everything else be a lot Survive See through my lens, it get shady Showing no grace, but I'm grateful We just living to survive