The O'jays – Survival lyrics

Help me, help me, help me.
Poor me, (Help me) help me.

Survival.
Survival of the fittest.
Survival. Ay, uh.
I gotta get with it,
'Cause it ain't no joke (Aint no joke) when a man is broke.
Busted walking around broke.
And it ain't no jive (Ain't no jive) trying to stay alive
Living from day to day. Living now.

Rent man says that the payment's due.
My little baby needs a new pair of shoes.
I'm just about to lose my mind.
One step away from the bread line.
Well, I'm trying to do the very best I can.
Trying to make it on through.
I don't know which way to turn.
I don't know what to do. Oooh, oooh, oooh. (Ay, ay ay.)

Survival. Oh, oh, oh, oh.
Survival of the fittest.
Survival. Ay, well, well.
I gotta get with it,
'Cause it ain't no joke (Ain't no joke) when a man is broke.
Busted walking around broke.
And it ain't no jive (Ain't no jive) trying to stay alive
Living from day to day. Living now.

Pockets so bare, I'm down to my last penny.
Looking for hope, I can't find any.
First law of nature is the preservation of man.
Looks like I'll have to do with anything I can.
Hustle bustle, day in and day out.
Can't even get a good night's sleep.
I don't know how in the world.
We're gonna make these ends meet. Oh. (Ay, ay, ay.)

Survival. Ay, yi, yi.
Survival of the fittest.
Survival. Ay, uh.
I gotta get with it,
'Cause it ain't no joke (Ain't no joke) when a man is broke.
Walking around with his hands in his pockets broke, busted.
And it ain't no jive (Ain't no jive) trying to stay alive.
Living from day to day. Living now.

Hustle bustle, can't quit it, gotta get it.
Help me (Help me), help me (Help me), help me (Help me).

Uh, uh, uhhhhhhhhhhh, oh. (Survival)
(Survival of the fittest.) Well, well, well.
Survival. I-I-I-I gotta get with it.
(Survival.) Well, well, well.
Survival of the fittest.
(Survival. I gotta get with it.) Wont'cha, wont'cha.
(Survival. Survival of the fittest.) I wonder does anybody care
(Survival. I gotta get with it.) When they, ay uh, get on welfare.
(Survival. Survival of the fittest.) Help me, help me, help me.
Survival. Ay, uh. I gotta get with it.
(Survival. Survival of the fittest.) Rent man says the payment's due.
(Survival. I gotta get with it.) Pockets so bare, I don't know what to do.
Survival. Ay, yi, ay. Survival of the fittest.
Survival. Ay, yi, yi, yi, yi, yi, uh. (I gotta get with it.)
(Survival. Survival of the fittest.)
Uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh, oh. (I'm busted.)
(I-I'm busted.) Huh! Survival. Ay, yi, yi, yi.