 | ||
| Eminem The Marshall Mathers LP 2 | ||
| Features | The New Royales | |
| Released | December 4, 2009 - September 16, 2013 (Europe)
October 8, 2013 (US Single) | |
| Recorded | September 30, 2009 | |
| Format | Digital Download | |
| Genre | Hip hop | |
| Length | 4:34 | |
| Label | Interscope, Shady, Aftermath | |
| Writer | Marshall Mathers, Liz Rodrigues, Khalil Abdul-Rahman, Mike Strange, Pranam Injeti, Erik Alcoc | |
| Producer | DJ Khalil | |
| Single information | ||
| Single release | Late 2009 - Early Fall 2013 (Europe)
October 8, 2013 (US) | |
| Video release | February 18, 2010 - September 20, 2013 (Europe)
October 8, 2013 (US) | |
| ←Last single "Berzerk" |
Next single→ "Rap God" | |
Survival is a 2013 song by Eminem featuring The New Royales singing the hook. It was released along with the "Call of Duty: Ghosts" Multiplayer Reveal, and it appears as the fifth track on The Marshall Mathers LP 2. It debuted Number 17 on the Billboard Hot 100.
Lyrics[]
[Hook]
This is survival of the fittest
This is do or die
This is the winner takes it all
So take it all
[Verse 1]
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 12 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
[Hook]
This is survival of the fittest
This is do or die
This is the winner takes it all
So take it all
[Verse 2]
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 5 in this mothafucka and if I don't make the cut
What, like I give a fuck, I'mma light this bitch up like I'm driving a truck
To the side of a pump, 0 to 60 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'mma fight 'til I die or win
Biting 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
[Hook]
This is survival of the fittest
This is do or die
This is the winner takes it all
So take it all
[Verse 3]
So get your ideas, stack your ammo
But don't come unless you come to battle, I'm mad now 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 de-fuse 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-box-es
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 buh-lieve
Cause this is something that I must use to suc-ceed
And if you don't like me then fuck you
Self es-teem must be fucking shooting through-the-roof cause trust me
My skin is too thick and bul-let proof to touch me
I can see why the fuck I disgust you
I must be a-llergic to failure cause everytime I come close to it
I just sneeze, but I just go achoo then achieve!
[Hook]
This is survival of the fittest
This is do or die
This is the winner takes it all
So take it all
Video[]
Eminem - Survival (Explicit)