[feat. C.L. Smooth]      [Intro]   Yeah   Got my man DJ Krush in the house   It's the caramel kingpin, C.L. Smooth   And only the strong survive      [Verse One]   Actual facts:   The ghetto reacts to warfares   Real bullets miss you by your hair   Survival of the fittest   Hell for the three-time losers   The prisoners of enemy manoeuvres   Hold down the fort, 'cause life is short enough to get it taken   Forsaken when your mental plane's breakin'   Concealin' a 4-pound with every area we surround   'Cause clown, I get down for my crown   Take it to the streets   For the honor and respect connect the lethal   Plus my young guns are unbeatable   Aidin' and abettin' the foul is a violation   That's why my retaliation is premeditation   The invitation is to run with a crew you can't do   And too great to infiltrate from a nickel plate   I state: this be the illest ever known on a rush   Swervin' with the Krush      [Interlude]   Yeah, it's the funk vibe that you describe   Keep it alive   'Cause only the strong survive   It's the funk that we move in   Break it down for DJ Krush      [Verse Two]   Slip into the world of shiesty individuals   A troubled man stalked by criminals   Creepin' through the city, I stop on the block to chat   With thugs who pull the drugs for fatcat   Steppin' off the set now, hand on my tool   Thinkin' how bad I want to flip on that fool   Time's a-wastin', chasin' these punks for petty loot   When there's a real mission to execute   I put the plan in effect, forget what you heard   When you get the word from first to third   For real, I got the fam and all my soldiers to feed   With the yardie gunslingers on stash pumpin' weed   Envision the prison that I walk through leavin' any witness   When I'm about to handle my business   No escape from the duct tape and artillery   Now tell me, big man, where's the money?   Ain't a damn thing funny      [Interlude]   Uh, and you don't stop   Keep it on 'til the early morn   Get that loot as we execute   DJ Krush and C.L. Smooth   On the way to make cash   Keepin' it live   'Cause only the strong survive   Like this show that you don't stop   C.L. Smooth   Hit me off, kid      [Verse Three]   Cops play for medals, killers play for coroners   In the middle are your sons and all your daughters   Who gives the orders to chaos and mayhem?   Who has the proper guidance of mind to save them   From this cold world of heartless ghetto dwellers   Pimps to prostitutes, and dope sellers?   Fellas, strive to be the lead, not follow   Ladies, you can be the queens of tomorrow   Dig it, I want all that and more for my peeps   In the struggle to jelter   Food, clothing, and shelter   It's essential to maintain the hardcore from the soft   That pushed me to the edge but I can't fall off   My battlegrounds keep the sounds    Of babies cryin', gunshots, and cursin'   Can you feel my real?    Here's the deal   By any means necessary   Go all out and keep this live   'Cause only the strong survive      [Outro]   True that, true that   Only the strong survive   True that, true that   Only the strong survive      DJ Krush on the zigga, zigga   Can't get no bigger      Yeah, can you feel the funk?   It's the funk, baby   And only the strong survive   It's the funk, baby   And only the strong survive      So keep it real      Yeah, only the strong survive