Cipher - Survivor Lyrics

I'm a survivor
You cannot go where I'm from
It's too late now boy, don't try to run
I'mma hold it down 'cause I came from the slums
I'm a survivor
You cannot go where I'm from
It's too late now boy, don't try to run
I'mma hold it down 'cause I came from the slums
I been weathering all of the storms like the clouds above (clouds)
Fighting through the cold and all of the rain so I can see the sun (sun)
Out where you don't get no service and ain't nowhere to run (run)
Out where the elites and no one in government would ever come (never)
Fending for myself, making the moves like I'm the only one (one)
I been working hard and saving up so I could leave the slums (slums)
And its fair winds and smooth seas now that I'm out the mud (mud)
But that shit don't mean that I forgot where the f*ck I'm from (ah)
I've been beat up and tore down
My step mother, she tried to cut me (cut)
I cannot stand just staying the same
I like to switch up abruptly (switch)
I went from bombs over Baghdad
To sipping some bubbly (bah)
I been all over the world
So many times I lose count of the countries (yeah)
If you respect me I will not have to give you my middles fingers (nah)
I'mma just get it done
If you wanna talk, call up Jerry Springer (call him)
I been through the ringer (yeah)
Mood swinger won't linger
Not a clinger gun slinger
One of the meanest rapper-singers (damn)
I got some haters online
In person they be all clamming up (yup)
I'm on a mission and I will not let nobody jam it up (jam)
When I get hungry, time to hunt
I am an animal (hunt)
Trying to wear me out but
I got the fight and the stamina
I'm a survivor
You cannot go where I'm from
It's too late now boy, don't try to run
I'mma hold it down 'cause I came from the slums
I'm a survivor
You cannot go where I'm from
It's too late now boy, don't try to run
I'mma hold it down 'cause I came from the slums
You couldn't kill me! Even if you tried it wouldn't be a first (it wouldn't)
Man I mean I haven't died yet but I bet I could be worse (it could)
I been abused, I been petrified and I been cursed (cursed)
I'm still surprised as you I haven't landed up in a hearse
When I was 12 I broke the strongest bone that's inside of a human (the strongest)
And if I said it, you know I meant it. I'm not here to prove it (nah)
You might notice I'm not speaking on shit up until I do it (never)
And then when I do I drop bombs like I'm Harry Truman (woo)
Even the little things, I'm putting my heart into what I be doing (I do)
Even when the home team got all of the people booing (yeah)
Mischief is my middle name. Trouble is brewing (trouble)
Full throttle. Can't sit still. I gotta keep it moving
Once I was living right outside zipping a sleeping bag (bag)
In the sleet, in the rain
My step mom was mad (mad)
Only the clothes on my back, that was all that I had (that's it)
If I didn't say the right thing, then I got beat and gagged
Had to go hungry and did it often so
I've never been picky (picky)
It was my family, ones that I trusted
They the ones who hit me (yeah)
When I was down, did I get reprieve?
Nope still kicked me
So if you've been through some shit
Come on and sing it with me
I'm a survivor
You cannot go where I'm from
It's too late now boy, don't try to run
I'mma hold it down 'cause I came from the slums
I'm a survivor (survivor)
You cannot go where I'm from (yeah)
It's too late now boy, don't try to run (unh)
I'mma hold it down 'cause I came from the slums
I'm a survivor (survivor)
You cannot go where I'm from (yeah)
It's too late now boy, don't try to run (unh)
I'mma hold it down 'cause I came from the slums
I'm a survivor (survivor)
You cannot go where I'm from (yeah)
It's too late now boy, don't try to run (unh)
I'mma hold it down 'cause I came from the slums
(Choose)